does this part exist?
my shifter is real sloppy so i took it out to look at it. is there supposed to be a bushing on the bottom ball? cause its real sloppy in the hole it goes in. 94 m-edition
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Yes, there is a plastic bushing that goes around the ball.
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You are going to need all these parts for a proper repair:
eBay Motors: Mazda Miata shifter boot body seal and bushings (item 260394798033 end time Apr-21-09 10:52:44 PDT) But the one that is main cause for the shifter slop is part number:0398-17-462A |
Can be picked up at your local Mazda dealer for $5.52. They should have a whole bag of them on hand if you want to do the quick fix. Did this yesterday, made me happy. The rubber boots are like $40, and they have to order them. If yours are crappy (should be) might be worth it to get the whole eBay kit.
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holy crap wow. awesome replies. thanks! ill head over to the mazda dealer tomarrow for the bushing. and yeah, both the upper and lower boots are cracked/dry/ missing. for weight reduction... lol is there any possibility of damage occuring from not having that bushing? oh and i should probably change the oil in the transmission, eh? was gonna do tranny, oil, and diff fluid tomarrow anyway. gonna try some royal purple.
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Fuck eBay. I just tallied up the parts at Rosenthal Mazda and the $80 ebay kit is around $73. Add that to a few other items you need or want and shipping's free.
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imma check prices while im at the dealership tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by Thucydides
(Post 397400)
Fuck eBay. I just tallied up the parts at Rosenthal Mazda and the $80 ebay kit is around $73. Add that to a few other items you need or want and shipping's free.
Word of advice...don't get too hefty with the three little bolts that hold down the plate above shifter ball. |
yeah i figured not to put the heave ho on those bolts
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Originally Posted by turbo94
(Post 397370)
was gonna do tranny, oil, and diff fluid tomarrow anyway. gonna try some royal purple.
You do know that the turret oil is separate from the rest of the transmission oil, right? Just making sure. |
I just put some wheel bearing grease in there, I hope that does the trick.
The oil that was in there previously was all watered down due to bad boot, I figured the grease would hold up a little better. |
Originally Posted by Thucydides
(Post 397400)
Fuck eBay. I just tallied up the parts at Rosenthal Mazda and the $80 ebay kit is around $73. Add that to a few other items you need or want and shipping's free.
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Originally Posted by dstn2bdoa
(Post 397566)
Free shipping? I buy all my oem stuff from them, and always pay shipping. Am I missing the secret handshake?
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Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 397553)
You do know that the turret oil is separate from the rest of the transmission oil, right? Just making sure.
but all that will be next week due to the parts counter at the dealer being closed on the weekend.. :vash: cant you fill the transmission from that hole, also? not that i was gonna do that tho.. |
No, you can't fill the transmission from the turret.
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Originally Posted by dstn2bdoa
(Post 397566)
Free shipping? I buy all my oem stuff from them, and always pay shipping. Am I missing the secret handshake?
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Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 397353)
Yes, there is a plastic bushing that goes around the ball.
There's also a aluminium cup that mazda comp sells/used to sell that replaces that bushing for even tighter shifting. |
Originally Posted by BenR
(Post 397856)
There's also a aluminium cup that mazda comp sells/used to sell that replaces that bushing for even tighter shifting.
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Originally Posted by turbo94
(Post 397615)
to be honest, i had no idea. but that would make sense cause i thought it looked like graphite lube.
TIP: Be sure you can loosen the fill plug before you drop the old gear oil. Some have dropped the lube, only to find that they couldn't get the plug out and were SOL until they could get the tools to do the job. I had one that I had to use a bigger pipe wrench on. It was unbelieveably tight. |
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This is what I found when I went to change mine:
Attachment 206542 Old on left, new on right. Notice the top half of the old one is missing, which is where that end of the shifter applies the force, so the old one might as well have been non-existant. I'd say it's the best $5 I've spent on the Miata. Really puts the clicketly-click back in the shifter like the designers intended 17 yrs ago. |
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