pulled up to the side of the road to parallel park. revered almost in the spot, put it back in first took my foot off the clutch and reverse it still went.
most random thing. its goes in to first and sec. but just binds up, nutral is reverse. and it wont go into any other gears.
stuck in reverse, broken shift linkage???
tell me whats up. this is my 3rd tranny so far.haha

-nick

 

Yes, there is such a thing as a broken shift linkage. The linkage is on the top of the tranny leading from the shifter box on the top rear into the trans to the shift forks. I would say that the heim joints (1 or both) are bad and fell off/broke causing this annoyance.

 

is that a bitch to swap out? i got 2 other trannys.

 

What???
There are no "heim joints", unless we're talking about the clutch pedal to the clutch master cylinder connection?

There is no shift linkage, per se, cause the FC's all use hydraulic actuation for the clutch.
When you mention "shift linkage", most people are talking about a mechanical linkage for the clutch actuation.


-Ted

 

whats the next thing i should be looking at then, if there no such thing? othe then wasteing money on another tranny.

 

The tranny just stayed in reverse when you pulled the lever out to neutral.
Selecting any gear in this condition gives a lockup.

You should be able to select 4th, push the lever to the right & pull 4th & Rev out toghther.

 

see the thing is i cant even do that. with the clutch in is the only way nutral is going to happen. clutch out and shifter in the nutral position is reverse.
first and secound on the shifter just boggs.

 

i had the SAME problem a few hours ago... im going to try the miata fix for it BUT does any1 know the 100% rx7 fix????

this is my daily and i have no other transportation so ill be working on it today until its fixed (if that happens) so if ANY1 has any input could you call at 770-500-6243.

THANKS!
darrin

 

bumping this from the dead cAuse i hve the exact same problem. i took the reverse sensor switch off but i cant seem to push the lever back. also noticed i have a linkage coming from the bottom of the trans to the engine bay and into the firewall. and its broken. is that the speed sensor cable?

 

speedo cable is the only thing that it could be,from what you describe.
Easy to find out if it's not attached.The speedo wouldn't work.

 

lol true anyclue why it would just fall out and any write up on how to fix/replace it. i'm going to check now. btw this trans is pissing me off haha

 

If this is an NA, then the simplest thing would be to just replace the transmission and call it done, as it sounds like you would have to pull the trans and dismantle the case to see just what is broken/binding internally, which at that point you can just throw a fresh trans in and scrap the fubar'd one.... or use it as a learning aid.

If your engine is turbo....and you are running a na transmission, shame on you, get the rest of the swap and you'd stop trashing transmissions.
If the engine is turbo, and on a turbo driveline... then you have bigger issues me thinks.

 

thanks but i fixed it. the mechanical mechanism was stuck on the reverse switch. the thread on rx7 club was wrong on which way to push it. i went on the miata forum and i got it. thanks guys