pinkin

im driving down DeSoto ave. hit a stop light, and i noticed as i pull her out of gear, the shitfter feels stuck. not in any gear but in the nuetral position. and only to the left. im also noticing my shift **** vibrate more. whats this all about? im thinking about taking it all apart and pissing down the hole to see if this helps any.

saltlakebay

hmm.. mine started doing that when the pilot bearing failed. I hope thats not it for you.

If it is the pilot bearing, it will get progressively worse and you wont be able to get it into gear unless you actually turn the car off first.

* just a gues though :-) *

duffles

how are your shifter bushing, springs? mine would go to far to the left and geet stuck sometimes until i got new bushings in. all good now. check yours out and mazdatrix has them if yours are bad.

pinkin

i just took the shifter out today and all i see is the metal shift lever,some insulation material,and a bunch of hardend black grease. where are the bushings. is it possible theyve wasted away?

RoToReX7

yeah, it's very possible they just broke apart, i rebuilt my tranny myself last month, replacing everything, internals, clutch, pilot bearing, and throwout bearing. smoooooth like a baby's butt. if you want, i can help you out, i live on Desoto and victory. HAhHA!!

pinkin

holy crap , were neighbors. i live over in tarzana. yeah im looking to buy the bushings now. ill hit you up when i find out the true deal. im taking her to tripoint in the morning. by the way i used to smell this burning smell , but it went away. i wonder if this was the cause.

RoToReX7

damn, hit me up anyways, i'm bored most of the time anyways. if you go to tripoint, talk to mark.