shifter rattle
#27
I wound up fixing my issue (for now). Turns out the bottom shifter bushing wasn't seated in there properly; one of the springs was probably making contact with the shifter **** and vibrating the crap out of it :P
#28
Smells like 2 stroke.
This bushing is a PITA to replace, but it fixed my loose, rattling shifter. It's the plastic one in the actual selector that the end of the shifter goes into. I bought one new from my local dealer, cut it apart, and took the plastic bushing out. (I didn't want to pull the transmission just to replace a *#@!?$ bushing.)
http://mazdatrix.com/getprice.asp?partnum=17-46Y0-M510
http://mazdatrix.com/getprice.asp?partnum=17-46Y0-M510
#29
Rotary Enthusiast
I also need to replace that white plastic bushing in my shift selector. Mine has a piece chipped off near the top. Does that white plastic bushing just pop out of the selector piece?
#30
Smells like 2 stroke.
Nope. It's pressed in. I had to carefully cut the new selector in half to get the bushing out, and I believe I used a socket on the end of an extension to press it into the selector on my transmission.
#31
MECP Certified Installer
I may have a freak transmission but, my shift selector has no white bushing and the shifter slips in there without any end play. My trans has been rebuilt so I do dont know if the shift selecter has been replaced with a new bushless one or what but I can tell you the hole in it isn't that big and it has no bushing in it.
#32
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^ lol you don't (have a freak tranny). Mine is the same, and I've seen many like it. No bushing on the select rod end part, and no gap between it and the ball. A Mazda parts guy once told me only later cars had it (88 or 89-91). Not sure, cuz you know how info like this can be wrong. We need a poll, lol!
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Never heard of ones that lacked space for a bottom bushing. Mine's a 90 T2, and mine required a bushing.
Years back, I went to replace the bottom bushing because replacing the normal shifter bushings did little help to fix the floppiness/rattle. When I first pulled the shifter, I didn't realize there was such a thing as a bottom bushing and noticed it was missing on mine. Instead of buying the Mazdatrix part that DaBrkddy mentioned, I made my own bushing from PVC pipe. I remember taking my shifter into Ace Hardware and placing the bottom ball into different sizes of pipe until I found one that was a perfect fit with no room for the shifter to move side to side. It could only swivel on the ball itself. Furthermore, I guess I got lucky in that the outer diameter of the PVC pipe perfectly matched the diameter of the hole in which the Mazdatrix piece accepts the white bushing.
Here is a link to the original thread below.
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...estion-691775/
In the thread mentioned above, I made some measurements (though crude) for the new bushing.
I ended up buying like 2 feet of the PVC pipe for about $1.00, thinking that the fix would not last long and that the bushing would wear out quickly. Over 7 years ago, I made the bushing, and it shifts very tightly and still works perfectly. I still have the leftover piece sitting in the garage.
Years back, I went to replace the bottom bushing because replacing the normal shifter bushings did little help to fix the floppiness/rattle. When I first pulled the shifter, I didn't realize there was such a thing as a bottom bushing and noticed it was missing on mine. Instead of buying the Mazdatrix part that DaBrkddy mentioned, I made my own bushing from PVC pipe. I remember taking my shifter into Ace Hardware and placing the bottom ball into different sizes of pipe until I found one that was a perfect fit with no room for the shifter to move side to side. It could only swivel on the ball itself. Furthermore, I guess I got lucky in that the outer diameter of the PVC pipe perfectly matched the diameter of the hole in which the Mazdatrix piece accepts the white bushing.
Here is a link to the original thread below.
https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generati...estion-691775/
In the thread mentioned above, I made some measurements (though crude) for the new bushing.
The diameter of the bottom shifter ball is ~ 18mm.
The diameter of the housing that the ball sits in is ~22mm.
The depth of the housing is ~ 16mm
The diameter of the housing that the ball sits in is ~22mm.
The depth of the housing is ~ 16mm