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Old March-31st-2004 | 06:19 AM
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shifter

my apologies if this has been posted before.
My shifter keeps falling through. All I do is pull it back out, and it's temporairly ok. Am I shifting too hard? Is there even a cure for this?
Old March-31st-2004 | 08:38 AM
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possibly your retaining spring is gone/not holding tension?
Old March-31st-2004 | 04:01 PM
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same exact thing with my 93 pro
Old March-31st-2004 | 09:34 PM
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first do you mean your shifter it goes up and down
Old March-31st-2004 | 09:35 PM
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and second: i think what you can do is go to your local mazda dealer and tell them if it is that it will run you bout 80 buck man i did that same thing if its like that good luk man
Old April-23rd-2004 | 10:46 PM
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that happened in my car i leaned on it one day and it fell through their is a rubber busing that holds the shifter in place check that
my fix... weld it wont ever do it again
Old May-9th-2004 | 01:45 PM
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if the whole shifter is falling through, than the same thing happened on my 90LX when I had it.. I had mine at the tranny shop getting a new clutch, They welded it back up to the bottom of the car..

Should be a cheap fix..

My 94 DX also did it, but wasn't as easy at the 90LX, design is a little different.. Got it fix also by welding, just not the same way..
Old May-15th-2004 | 11:01 PM
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the rubber bushing falls through easily....my step dad thinks he has to push down really hard to get it into reverse.....fix it by pulling up on it and use a screw driver to pry the rubber up.....saves welding it and it works.....just dont grease it to help....goes back down just as easy
Old May-20th-2004 | 05:03 AM
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There are two white plastic rings, and a spring to hold it in. I don't recall there being any rubber bushings
Old May-20th-2004 | 05:05 AM
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And here's what it should be like, in illustrated form...

http://www.projectmazda.com/howto/shifter/
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