i just did this and mines really tight in 3 and 4...hopefully loosens up soon...it also rattles above 6500 but its not really noticeable cuz i drive with one hand on the wheel and one on the stick 99% of the time...other than that its really percise and once these bushings break in imma love it...

 

just a question, is this a pretty much all i need? price is kinda high ($150) buts its brand new and at a local shop

 

Should I buy all new bushings from mazdatrix before installing this? I have a new rubber boot (big one dat goes under leather)

 

I put a miata short shifter in not too long ago and I'm wondering how to attach the top of the shift boot to the stick so it doesn't fall down. The jam nut that originally held the boot up no longer fits. I don't have a boot that ties at the top and I don't really want to get one. Any suggestions?

 

I would, cause they arent that expensive and i thought i would be able to get by with just buying the one that it says to buy in the writeup but i was wrong. It doesnt work right if both bushings arent good.

 

I just installed mine and used the bottom bushing ..as a top bushing ..I had a small sand job to do..to make it fit as a top bushing,so it would lie flat ..before you put the top ring on ..But It worked..it will squeak you by til you get a new one..if you wanted to "test " that puppy!..I like mine!..(click.click!!..)

 

yeah, thats actually what i did. I did some fabricating and made mine work for now, but its way too tight. My other bushing should be here tomorrow though, so hopefully it will work better when i get the right parts in there!

 

Hey, I have a question, in the write up Karack says "remove as much of the gear oil as possible and refill it so that the level of lubricant is half way up the shifter slide bore". Well my question is what oil do you use to fill it back up?

Sorry for the newb question.

thanks

 

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Nevermind I looked it up on mazdatrix. They said to use 90w trans/diff oil.

 

"After cleaning the shifter hole, this is a good time to put the oil in the shift tower. We use 90W trans/diff oil. Fill to ABOVE the shift rod you can see down in the tower."

from Mazdatrix

 

lol, thanks anyways.

 

so fresh fresh, so clean clean

 

They said to use 90w trans/diff oil.

 

Nice job bumping up you're post count.


As for a REAL question....



The original Ebay link is dead. Which short shifter kit for the Miata would you reccomend..? (Current) auction link would be awesome.

 

hehe thats sad what eating your ***? He posted a comment IT"S ALLOWED.

Take it easy, you will be fine. No worries.

 

this one looks identical to the one i used:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...spagenameZWDVW

 

I was kidding, I'm a post ***** too :O

 

my bore seems to look different than the one pictured on the first page of this thread. is this normal?

 

by the way, i am refering to that clip thingy that is going across the bore, and what appears to be a bushing of some sort (the orange thing). it is an S4 transmission...at least, i am pretty sure it is an S4 tranny.

 

so no one knows anything about that clip and bushing?
i am assuming that i need to take that bushing out, but i that clip is holding it and i don't want to screw around with it until i know what it is, and how to properly deal with it.

 

I just ripped the bottom bushing off a stock miata shifter and jambed it in.... Works great..

 

So which yeah miata short shifter did u use?? heh the ebay link for the one u used is no longer available...so i just did a search for miata short throw shifters, it brought up a few of them though...

and also, why didnt u just get the short throw shifter for the rx7.....is the miata shifter better in some way or something?? just curious.....cuz thinkin bout workin on my shifter

 

you can buy any of the ones that look like the one in the write-up. I chose the miata shifter instead of the RX-7 one because it was wayy cheaper.

 

That clip is your REVERSE switch....