IN neutral my shifter goes to the left in between 1st and 2nd instead of in the middle between 3rd and 4th. If i push it right it still has the spring action to the middle, but pushing it left it has no resistance and stays left. I seem to be able to drive fine, I am just about to take a trip to cleveland for an interview and do not want my shifter falling off. hehe
Any help appreciated!
THanks

 

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i think that's normal

 

there are 2 springs on each side in the shifter assembly, the one on the right is alot stiffer than the one on the left. maybe it either broke, not installed correctly or isnt seated right. I havent looked into a maxima shifter but I seen them in toyotas.

 

Dont worry its normal. If you know the innards of the tranny (hehe) the reverse gate mechanism is on the right side and theres nothing but gravity pullin the shifter back on the left side.

 

I think hes right, i had a spring let go on my shifter and it had no elastic pull back to the middle. If you shake the shifter left and right while in neutral you might hear it rattling. It wont hurt your car, just makes some shifts harder to hit. The spring is only a few dollars from nissan. Just dont let them repair it cause thats 50 bucks or so. Goood luck

 

well it has to be something wrong for sure, it just started doing it for no reason suddenly. It is now easy to accidentaly shift into 1st instead of third. My aftermarkter full warranty covers everything EXCEPT what is listed in the contract, I don't see anything about these springs in the contract?

 

sounds like the spring's broke.
I think the FSM specifies that in neutral, the shifter lies between the 2 columns, between 1/2 and 3/4. Strange.
Jae

 

He is exactly right. When I put in my STS I managed to lose one of the "driver's side" springs (the one you're missing/broke). If you put it in 1/2 neutral it would just sit there.

A few days later I found the spring and put it back in, and now it's all good. So chances are the spring just broke.

And as to whether or not its safe to drive, I wouldn't worry about it. I drove like that for a week or so. Just remember it won't pop back to center as you're going through gears.

 

One of your spring is broken. This happened to me a few months ago, I got there and reattach the spring. Everything is fine now.

 

ok cool, please give me some details so I can try myself.
Do I go from the top or underneather the car?
Please provide me with step by step.

THanks!
Mike

 

You got to go from the bottom.
here is a link for the writeup. Its basically the procedures for changing a STS. Just get to the part where you locate the spring.

website
go under how-2 then look for it in the second colum.

 

If you have a short throw shifter installed, you may wanna take the heat shield above the cat off. My spring popped off all of a sudden because the bottom of the shifter was hitting the sheild when I shifted aggressively. I took it off and have had no problems. May be something to consider...

 

Cool thanks guys, maybe if this spring is covered under my extended warranty, I can have them put my straight pipe in, instead of putting the old cat back on? Or maybe my dealer would not put on a straight pipe for me? =D

 

I dunno, if they do replace thespring, I dunno if they would put on your straight pipe. They might make the excuse that it'll make you're car fail emissions. Who knows, doesn't hurt to try. If they don't cover it, its pretty easy to fix. Took me like half an hour.

 

Just a thought but after i got my spring changed, it would have more spring in the new side compared to the side with the older spring, id say while they are replacing one, why not get the other one done too.....

 

There is only one spring to the assembly. The way the tranny is attatched to the shifter linkage automatically resists a push to the right. The spring keeps the shifter centered, since there is no resistance to the left.

 

Well alrighty then, i retract my previous statement, thanks for the info too.

 

No prob.

 

OK my dealer said that my bracket broke that holds the spring and the spring was lost in the process.

My aftermarket warranty will not cover it. In my contract it says they do NOT cover: "Nuts, bolts, and fasteners", I have argued many times now with the company that a bracket is not one of those things. Am I missing something? Is there anything I can do?

So I think I have the right part numbers, can anyone verify?
Brackett 34-56010N00 List at $22.86
Spring 34-57340U00 List at $ 7.56