"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
09/22/2016 at 23:37 • Filed to: miata, shifter, manuel, manual, floor mats, zoom zoom
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"Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To" (murdersofa)
09/22/2016 at 23:37 • Filed to: miata, shifter, manuel, manual, floor mats, zoom zoom | 3
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Rebuilt this nasty trashed shifter and put in my Moss rubber Miata floor mats. Amazing how trashed this shifter is for a car with just 100k miles on it.
There was plenty of dust coming through those torn-up boots
Got the shifter assembly out easily enough
And slapped the new one it. Getting the old lower shift boot off was a huge pain that involved having to cut it off. Getting the new one on required filing down a bit of the lever a bit, which isn’t unheard of by any means.
Got the shifter bits all put back on with loads of grease to get everything to slide on, especially the VERY tight-fit rubber boots.
Interior all put back together cleaner than it was!
And here’s a shot of the floor mats. I knew I wanted rubber instead of carpet floor mats and as it turned out these are roughly 1/3rd the cost of good carpet mats, and have “Roadster” script on them and some pleasingly grippy sharp rubber nubs on the bottom (as opposed to the utterly useless rounded-off nubs on the bottom of, say, generic Autozone floor mats). Fitment is excellent and they stay in place very well. Well worth the money.
Went for a drive and holy wow the shifter is an improvement. I used to toy around with the play in the shifter while driving, wiggling it a tad back and forth before/after gear changes, but now there is no wiggle. Just solid positive engagement. The new shift boots give it a heavier centering feel and makes it far easier to tell where in the shift range I am. No more missing 2nd gear!
TheD0k_2many toys 2little time
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/23/2016 at 03:30 |
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I did mine at 90k and it literallly fell apart one i took the bolts out
fourvalleys
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/23/2016 at 08:28 |
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I have to do my shifter boot, too. In fact, a new one is scheduled for delivery today. Only difference is that my interior is completely stripped, so it’s a heat issue. Oh god, the heat.
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/23/2016 at 11:07 |
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The shift boot lifespan on miatas is similar to the clutch slave. They usually only last 30 or 40k before they’re torn and ready for replacement. Like the slave cylinder, at least they’re cheap.
daender
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
09/23/2016 at 19:03 |
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Nice job addressing that! By the way, if you want to save a few dollars next time, then the NC shift boot is the same design/material as the NB/NA boot but it costs less for some reason. Also, good call on the rubber mats, I swapped out mine for DIY rubber mats and I haven’t looked back since. I wouldn’t mind finding a set of tan ‘01 SE mats in good condition for cheap but I doubt that’ll happen anytime soon.