I removed the shifter on my 85 to check the condition of the gear fluid inside the shifter turret. It's pretty dirty in there from torn boot seals, so I'm going to clean it up and add fresh gear fluid and re-grease the ball, then replace the inner seal.




I removed the lower shift bushing and found the wavy spring washer was cracked in two. I'll order a new one part # 8599-17-482. I just want to verify the order it goes in as my car has had some questionable work done to it before I got it. I believe the wavy spring washer was first placed on the shifter turret lip, then the flat shim washer on top of it, then the lower bushing, is that the correct order? The parts catalog doesn't really show it that way.

 

Look at the parts manual page 1-G6. https://www.foxed.ca/rx7manual/manua...000A-4600A.pdf

 

Thanks, for some reason the 85 parts fiche doesn't fully show both the upper and lower bushings relative to each other. This parts guide for another Mazda I found on their parts website looks more accurate to how they came out of the car. Which does show the spring washer goes first then the flat washer then the lower bushing.

 

@YellowFB Hopefully this is what you are looking for. It's the same video i watched when I installed my short shifter from Mazdatrix.
https://mazdatrix.com/product/shifter-short-84-88/

 

Thanks, think I figured it out.