I just bought new bushings, installed them, and still noticed a slop in my shifter. I've concluded that it is the circled bushing below....where can I get this? part # perhaps? I havnt been able to find it...

 

I need to find one for my short shifter. That is the sorce of its rattle.

 

www.mazdatrix.com sells stock plastic or upgraded aluminum ones.

 

Gosh dang it, I've been looking for it on that page...and the pic was so small I didnt see it. thanks wicked, im an idiot.

 

i went to mazda to replace one before and they said they only sold that with the entire shifter asseble, they had a modle there though and the guy behind the counter said just take the one off the model and give me like 5 bucks hehe... so i did

 

they usually only cost 3

 

~$2.60 from Malloy Mazda. While you're at it, order some other stuff too (hoses, oil filters, etc.)

 

Slop in shifting is most likely a split shifter boot (not the leather, the actual rubber that mounts it to the trans housing).

Almost all FD's with stock shifters are like this.

 

I use the aluminum bushing from Mazdaspeed Motorsports; it's less than $10. I assume the Mazdatrix to be the same but I dunno.

 

which bushings do i need to replace? i want to do all of them to stiffen my shifter. it feels like it isnt in gear when it is. i have all new boots, rubber and leather. i just need part numbers or something. thanks for the help.

 

yeah my shifter was a bit sloppy till i put on the aluminum bushing

 

Doesn't the Aluminum bushing just make the rattle prob worse?

 

which bushing?

 

the in the pic on bottom of the shifter. my plastic one actually broke in half

 

I highly recommend just purchasing a short-shift kit which includes all new bushings and a shorter shifter.

C's, MazdaSpeed are recommended.

 

All the short shifters I have seen do not come with a new bushing at the bottom, only the ones around the pivot.

 

C's short shifter includes a new bushing at the bottom. I know for a fact.

 

Here ya go Damon,

http://www.jt-imports.com/C`s_FD_Instructions.htm

Also, my C's still rattles from time to time too . I wouldn't be surprised if the reason most stock shifters don't rattle is due to the fact that most stock shifters have a split boot around the pivot, preventing the shifter from actually being rigid enough to rattle.

 

i am reviving this thread instead of starting a new one. is the boot that you guys are talking about replacing this one. if so does going with a short shifter eliminate the need for this boot. the reason i ask is because sixty or more dollars on rubber+the inner boot($26) doesn't seem to make sense to me when a short shifter is going to give you better/tighter shifting.

what do you guys think?

 

You are showing the insulator boot that seals the inside of the car from the outside. These tear in addition to the shifter boot. The shifter boot they are talking about is mounted to the metal plate that bolts to the top of the transmission itself. It is small, not like the behemouths you have pictured. I'm pretty sure all shifter kits come with the shifter boot (the small one) as part of the package. The insulators you have pictured are a separate deal. I had to replace mine when I did my short shifter, as my shifter boot had split long ago, spraying tranny fluid onto the insulator, which ate the rubber. Interior temps went down a bit with the new insulator.

 

thanks.

so they are talking about the inner boot for $26. got it.

thanks.

 

Hey Guys does anyone know the part # of that bushing that the guy that started this thread was looking for....I have been to Mazda like 4 times and they have ordered every single part and none of them are correct. thanks Glenn

 

from the mazdatrix website, all i could find was:

17-462A-0398.....BUSHING SHIFTER BOTM..-80, 93-95 NYLON....... $ 5.10

02-9401-0000.....BUSHING SHIFTER BOTM..-80, 93-95 ALUMINUM....$ 14.63

 

Hey Guys never mind keeped searching and found it 17-5150-m501 at mazdatrix thanks

 

err....this is better: http://www.mazdatrix.com/g4.htm

It is item A in the shifter and tower pieces...

Aluminum:
http://www.mazdatrix.com/getprice.as...m=02-9401-0000
Nylon
http://www.mazdatrix.com/getprice.as...m=17-462A-0398