I have a 2012 mazda 2 and gears 2 4 and reverse is very hard to shift. Even when the car is warmed up. Sometimes i have to use 2 hands to shift in reverse. Mazda wanted 1400 to fix it. Been driving it over a year like this but other then that car is great
I have a 2012 mazda 3 six speed, the side to side linkage wont move right so i cant access gears 5 and 6 and it wont go into reverse. Trying to get the linkage off at the trans to see if its the cable or the trans giving me problems. The question is how do you get those swivel bushings off? I cant figure them out
Take two flathead screwdrivers or small prybars and put equal pressure out on both sides, and it should pop off. It might feel like it is too much, but it will be fine. And it pops back on much easier.
You'll get it without a guide! its basically two 10mms nuts right before the firewall, the one 12mm I mentioned in the vid, and you need to pop the linkage ends off obviously. Once that's done, snake it into the interior of the car carefully!
@@GilesVessey Doing this tomorrow. I’ve been having intermittent shifting issues with my speed3 where it will crunch into gears occasionally. I noticed that if I wiggle my shifter side to side in neutral a few times (almost as if to “break things loose”) and then go for a drive, it would shift buttery smooth. My best guess is that the cables are gunked up like yours in this vid. Maybe their stretched, not sure but this is my best guess.
I have a 2012 mazda 2 and gears 2 4 and reverse is very hard to shift. Even when the car is warmed up. Sometimes i have to use 2 hands to shift in reverse. Mazda wanted 1400 to fix it. Been driving it over a year like this but other then that car is great
how are they holding up
I have a 2012 mazda 3 six speed, the side to side linkage wont move right so i cant access gears 5 and 6 and it wont go into reverse. Trying to get the linkage off at the trans to see if its the cable or the trans giving me problems. The question is how do you get those swivel bushings off? I cant figure them out
Take two flathead screwdrivers or small prybars and put equal pressure out on both sides, and it should pop off. It might feel like it is too much, but it will be fine. And it pops back on much easier.
Hola nadie explica como quitarlos ,estoy en las mismas.ya estoy haciendo ese mantenimiento.
Recommendation on a guide/video to pull the cables from the car?
You'll get it without a guide! its basically two 10mms nuts right before the firewall, the one 12mm I mentioned in the vid, and you need to pop the linkage ends off obviously. Once that's done, snake it into the interior of the car carefully!
@@GilesVessey so no need to take off the dash like everyone says you have to?
@@georgevargas5753 Nope! I've been lucky enough to have never taken my dash apart on this thing yet.
@@GilesVessey Doing this tomorrow. I’ve been having intermittent shifting issues with my speed3 where it will crunch into gears occasionally. I noticed that if I wiggle my shifter side to side in neutral a few times (almost as if to “break things loose”) and then go for a drive, it would shift buttery smooth. My best guess is that the cables are gunked up like yours in this vid. Maybe their stretched, not sure but this is my best guess.
@@bentms312 Did this fix your gear crunching? I’m having the same issue with my speed 3
Nice! What are new cables worth?
Like 300 bucks!
@@GilesVessey you just paid yourself! Nice!
I need new mazdaspeed6 cables and they want over $500!
Hola aproximadamente con obra de mano 3000 dólares.
Just save me $600 instead of a new cable 😊