Anti-Drop Shifter Bracket for 5-speed cars

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » August 24th, 2005, 9:14 pm

I know a guy who makes these badass brackets that basically fit any FWD Mazda. He designs & makes them himself out of steel in his machine shop.

Anyways, these fix the notorious "my shifter fell through the floor WTF" problem that plauge all FWD Mazdas up until they addressed it in the later 1990's models like the 3rd gen protege & 626's.

Just posting here to see if there is interest in these. I have one on my MX-3 and it kicks a--!

These fit ANY 92-96 MX-3 / Precidia

If your damn shifter falls through the floor, get one of these! These actually work better than drilling through your floor since they keep the shifter where it should be, isolated from vibration. Drilling a hole through the floor & shoving a bolt through it works, but the shifter will vibrate more. This is much easier, just thread a bolt through this bracket & you are done, it does the rest!

Here are pics of the bracket:

Here it is installed:

Price is $28 shipped in USA or Canada (same price for either country) which includes a $3 donation to this website.

Email Rumnhammer@aol.com to confirm he still has them in stock before sending payment.

mitmaks · Post by **mitmaks** » August 24th, 2005, 9:18 pm

would be good idea to sticky this as most everyone on here will need one of these sooner or later

m92_MX3 · Post by **m92_MX3** » August 24th, 2005, 11:16 pm

just showing that i am intrested

neutral · Post by **neutral** » August 25th, 2005, 6:25 am

I def want one. I don't need to install one yet but will no doubt need it one day so let's do this thing. Like mitmaks said, most of us will need this item sooner or later. Thanks for the find Gro. Hope a GB happens.

fry_81 · Post by **fry_81** » August 25th, 2005, 7:19 am

definatly in for a GB

Post by **Custommx3** » August 25th, 2005, 9:33 am

same here

hotsiit · Post by **hotsiit** » August 25th, 2005, 4:26 pm

...count me in on one!

Typhoonk · Post by **Typhoonk** » August 25th, 2005, 7:59 pm

I'm in!!

do you take paypal?

Mazderati · Post by **Mazderati** » August 26th, 2005, 4:45 pm

My shifter is sitting on my exhaust as we speak. I am definately interested.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » August 26th, 2005, 8:03 pm

kew..looks like there is enough interest

he said to tell u guys that he's making 24 or so this weekend, will be available early next week.

no contacts or paypal addy's yet. I'm not doing this so don't randomly paypal me money b/c THIS IS NOT MY PRODUCT! It is from a good friend of mine who has a badass super-amazing b6t festiva who lives down the street.

neutral · Post by **neutral** » August 27th, 2005, 3:51 am

xlent. Whew, good thing you warned about not sending pymt to ya Gro, cuz I was just about to start randomly paypal-ing you money all over the place.

Looking forward to hearing more and thx again for the find and the endorsement of this item.

V8KOMX3 · Post by **V8KOMX3** » August 27th, 2005, 5:02 am

wow I didn't know this was a problem for our cars how the hell does that happen? Mine has never fell through the floor or does it even show signs of doing it, is this just a problem were allot of salt is used?

Mazderati · Post by **Mazderati** » August 27th, 2005, 8:36 am

I was putting on a new shifter knob and gave it a bit too much force. It must have been close to letting go. From what I can see it looks like a small strip of rubber was all that was holding the whole mechanism together and from falling down thru the floor. I can see how this would corrode over time and probably become brittle and break easily.

Thanks for finding this Gro.

Gro Harlem · Post by **Gro Harlem** » August 27th, 2005, 4:34 pm

i have a pic somewhere of the crappy linkage removed from the support plate....

just two crappy rubber bulges hold the entire thing to the plate..its pretty ridiculous.

mazda kept it 100% rubber to keep the shifter from vibrating, since it is basically hard-bolted to the tranny which can vibrate while cruising.

jschrauwen · Post by **jschrauwen** » August 29th, 2005, 3:28 pm

Simple, inexpensive fix ... I like it, I'm in. Sometimes think mine is going to go through the floor too.