My shifter wont spring back in neutral
 

you know how any shifter springs back left and right when you put it in neutral

well my shifter will spring back from the right, but when i shift it left like i put it in first gear
it won't spring back in neutral from left

alot of people are telling me the spring is broken, i went to mazda today and had a hard time trying to find it, before i go and purchase i would like other opinions
here's a pic of what I think the spring is 17-4650

http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/up...2/problema.jpg

basically it is one coil like spring and one of the pins that connected to it broke, this is what i think

thanks, your help is appreciated
Greg

Yes, thats the spring u have most likely broken/missing
U will have to drop tranny to replace it.

^^ BWAHAHAHA!!!! yeah... id just deal with the shifter not springing into place...

have the same problem... also on my partet out NA gearbox... also another TII 7en which i have driven for a friend who wanted to buy her... seems like every FC have this??

damn that really sucks..i need to do that as well..oh well no spring action for me for now.

thats no problem, my tranny is already out
BTW is that the only spring I will have to replace?
thanks,
Greg

Yes it is the only spring.

I have the same problem and my tranny is already out too. Has anybody ever done this? What’s the easiest way to replace the spring?? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

with tranny out, u have remove side cover 17-486A, press out pin 9922-20-525 and pull whole rear part of tranny from the rest

its pretty obvious from picture and from looking at tranny....once pin is pressed out, its all breeze

yay i ordered the spring today

I have the same exact problem. I actually kinda like it..it makes me feel all special and stuff. Pfffttt...shifter springs r for wussies!!! :)

... this isn't normal behavior? Huh. Neither of my stickshift cars have the left centering spring.

Took a friend's TII for a spin and it had both centering springs. I thought it was just a TII tranny thing.

-=Russ=-

Mine centers from the right, but not from the left. Centering doesn't really affect how I shift, I don't think.

hey higgi, i got the side cover off
i have a problem pressing out the 9922-20-525 pin out
do i have to push it out from the other side or pull the pin out from the side cover (17-486A) side?

i still having a problem pressing that pin out, do i need to use a sledge hammer or something?

this is the same problem i have
guess i gotta wait also till it's time to replace the transmission

sometimes mine doesnt spring back from the right

yea.. for some reason it won't want to come out, i put a little allen screw in the pin hole and use a hammer to bang it out.. still no luck

bump

anyone else having this problem?

Its actually better without the spring, but I autoX. Its better to have no resistance from 1st-3rd gear.

Mine used to spring back to neutral position but it doesn't anymore after I installed short shifter. So I thought shifter becomes heavier than the spring can handle....

The centering springs are ..477 & ..483 on that picture.

Here is a different picture.
http://208.62.166.66:82/guest/Shop_M...ft springs.JPG

neutral problems
 

I've got the same problem as well and posted the following thread :
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...eutral+problem

However, I got very different responses about what causes this. I guess I'll live with it for now. :)

it's the select spring on the first page..
it's that spring that points 2 different ways..
i need to replace that spring. but that pin won't come out.. i tried using a hammer and didn't work..

if your newhere near NJ u could pick up my spare 87 N/A tranny if you want

thankyou, but no thanks.. this tranny im still using for my turbo ii

isn't it annoying

bump still have problem
http://www.nsxprime.com/photopost/up...2/problema.jpg
i broke a couple allen screws trying to get this pin(9922-20-525) out
i tried sticking a small needle and putting my finger behind the pin area(17-461A), for some reason i was poking my finger.. meaning nothing was there really, that there was no pin(9922-20-525)?
anyways if the pin(9922-20-525) is not there i assume, how come i can't take the whole shifter assembly(17-470) out?

im really getting frustrated with this thing..
your help is appreciated

bump

not one bit. you don't even notice if you do a lot of city driving.

most people like to force the shifter in gear; which isn't correct way of shifting for daily driving. if you just push in the direction of the gear desired; it just slides right in with no problems.

doesn't bother me but the sloppy shifter does annoy me... i just wonder if i did choose to fix the return spring how long they last, seems 99% of the manual gear boxes out there all have this problem.

I know this is an old thread, but I need to replace the return spring to. I'm not sure how to get the pin out of the shifter block to remove the block to be able to put the new spring in place. Anyone ever do this?

this is fairly easy once the tranny is out, just remove both of the covers on the bottom and side of the shifter housing, put the shifter in neutral and then remove the shifter, get a properly sized punch and then with your finger (or a friends finger) push the shifter block to the left (looking from the rear of the tranny) as far as it will go, then tap the pin out, there is just enough room back there to get the pin out. then the shift block will slide right off of the shaft, replace the spring and put it all back together.

That did the trick. Once I removed the cover for the Select Lock, it gave the pin the extra room it needed. I just hope I didn't loose anything when I took the Select Lock spindle out. I did find a ball bearing and a long spring. I just hope there weren't any other parts (like a small spring) that flow away. Looking at the microfiche, I think I have everything. Now I'm just waiting for Mazda to get the new select spring in. I'll also have a get a new pin but I can get that at Fastenal.