does this part exist?
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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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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
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
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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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but all that will be next week due to the parts counter at the dealer being closed on the weekend..
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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:
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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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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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