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



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.

 

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