Loose Shifter
06-24-2003, 09:37 PM
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06-24-2003, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rx7machine' date='Jun 24 2003, 06:47 PM
Mine's shot to hell.. it moves around horribly in every gear..
06-25-2003, 04:55 AM
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I had my entire shifter assembly pretty much fall apart. When I took it apart I found the biggest mess of congealed spacers, bushings and springs, all ground into mush. I took the opportunity to install a new short shift kit from Maxdatrix which replaces all the garbage and gives you a much tighter throw. beware though, most of these replacement shifters tend to have a slight rattle/buzz at various RPM levels.
Find the heaviest shifter **** you can and it will dampen the vibrations to an acceptable level. I hope this helps.
Find the heaviest shifter **** you can and it will dampen the vibrations to an acceptable level. I hope this helps.
06-25-2003, 11:47 AM
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Location: Lynnwood, WA
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When I bought the bushing kit from the Mazda dealership it only cost me about $12. And let me tell you, it was the best $12 I'd spent on that car. I'd recomend that to anyone that is having any loose shifter problems. It'll be like your tranny got rebuilt. 
