shifter has no return-to-center spring loading. Normal?
10-20-09, 02:02 PM
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shifter has no return-to-center spring loading. Normal?
Hi guys, I am a new member. I am an American car gearhead that is venturing into the world of rotaries. I currently own a 2003 Mercury Marauder, a 2004 Taurus SEL, a 1976 Firebird that I just got on the road with a 350 chevy w/ retrofit roller cam that I built for it, an 88 K1500 that I swapped a forged '67 327 engine into, and now the 87 RX7 non turbo.
The RX7 has one of the cheap $29 ebay short throw steel shifters in it. Unlike any other manual transmission car that I have ever driven before, this Rx7 with the aftermarket shifter, is not spring loaded towards the 3/4 shift gate. This makes it very difficult to differentiate between each gate of the shift pattern.
It does not look like there are any return-to-center springs associated with the shifter mechanism on this car, unlike some other cars.
Is there supposed to be a spring assembly internal to the transmission, to keep the shifter in the center position (3/4 gate)?
The RX7 has one of the cheap $29 ebay short throw steel shifters in it. Unlike any other manual transmission car that I have ever driven before, this Rx7 with the aftermarket shifter, is not spring loaded towards the 3/4 shift gate. This makes it very difficult to differentiate between each gate of the shift pattern.
It does not look like there are any return-to-center springs associated with the shifter mechanism on this car, unlike some other cars.
Is there supposed to be a spring assembly internal to the transmission, to keep the shifter in the center position (3/4 gate)?
10-20-09, 03:51 PM
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It is supposed to have one. Whoever installed the short shifter probably removed it for some reason. Take a look here under "shifter bushings": http://www.mazdatrix.com/g4.htm.
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