so,.. on a semi hard shift going from 3-4,..SNAP,...the metal piece (anyone know what its called) that hold the cables in place snapped right in half,... it looks like cheap *** white metal,..

..so i had to pop the hood.. slip it in thrid gear manually and drive home 10 miles all in thrid gear,..

now i duct-taped and zip tied it all together and its driveable to get me to work.. but ...

can anyone shed some light on how hard this will be to replace and what the exact name is?

 

well.. guess i should have searched a little first
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...r-bracket.html
..but i wanted to share my story ...

 

Sorry to hear. As you probably read, it's sort of easy to swap out.

Side note:
1. Remove both cables to access bolts
2. Remove front bolt completely
3. Loosen rear bolt then you can rotate bracket up and out of the way to remove rear bolt.

 

why did you think it wouldnt happen to you

 

Join the club! Not a real 6mt driver till you snap their pos brackets! Thumbs up!

If you order the same 02-03 one from nissan, bad news, it's the same pos material they used before so BE CAREFUL. I learned how to get in gear w.o breaking it pretty fast now. You'll pick up on it. Instal takes 5 minutes. It's a breeze. Cheap fix (40 bucks iirc).

 

if you shift properly, you wont break it

 

thanks for the advice everyone...

nismopc- thanks for the swivel advice im sure that will help alot

sooner- because i have only seen it happen to maybe 2-3 reported people on here? ,.. has it ever happened to you?

Esub- From reading around on here i found that part number 34448ZA300 is only 8.35 +shipping(10bucks) well.. thats online from everythingnissan.com ,. .so we'll see what they want ,.. and thats the latest updated part# (06 max) so.. im going to give that a try,..

time to start calling around nissan and see who has it in stock...

 

Then I guess most 6mt drivers on this forum aren't "real".

 

exactly...I had a STS and Es bushing which put more strain on the bracket...never had a problem...and i shifted quick

 

Um, are you retarded? It was fully said as a sarcastic joke. Hence all the "!" marks.. God dam people.

 

Meh, you're both retarded. Pudding will be served after free play in the yard.

Mist_Max, is this '04 bracket a typical in-stock item? I'm guessing not, since the '04 bracket doesn't break. By way of example: dealerships carry the 5.5 gen valve covers, because they fail. 6th gen covers usually need to be ordered, because they don't fail.

 

I hope there's going to be animal crackers to dip in the pudding.

That 6th gen bracket looks like the way to go.

 

Uh, it took almost 2 weeks for me to get my 6th gen bracket from Dave B.

They are not commonly stocked anywhere and have to be ordered...

...but well worth the wait after comparing side by side.

 

yeah I called around everywhere worth driving near me and no luck

so i just ordered off everythingnissan.com ,... 21bucks shipped cant complain about the price,.. just hope it gets here sooner then later lol...