Shifter "ball" Grease

[Guest20182]

So I have been having some loud shifts that seemed like is was coming from the shifter or base (stock shifter) or something. So I took the cup holders and stuff off, and realized that Mazda seems to have skimped on the grease for the shifter ball, I re-disturbed some of the grease with a QTip which got rid of the metal-on-metal, clicky shifts and made shifting sooo much smoother. However, over time the grease is distributing itself how it wants.

Anyways, I am looking for the Mazda part # of the grease for the "ball." Otherwise, can I just go to Farm & Fleet and get some Mobil1 Grease? What "weight" do I go with?



Thanks


-Brian

 

[Guest20182]

Anyone?

 

[Ride92]

You could basically use any grease that you wanted to in there. I would go with something thats middle weight as you don't want to to thick and "gummy". When I installed my short shifter I use some grease called Red Devil, I got it from a bike shop and it's used to grease wheel hub, headset, and bottom bracket bearings so I figured it would work well in the shifter. So far I have been very happy with it. It's also very common to use white lithium grease as well. Hope this helps some

 

[Guest20182]

Thanks. I've actually heard to stray away from White Lithium because it eats plastic and also hardens with age. I may look into the Red Devil however.

 

[xfeejayx]

subbed for update. mine is pretty dry too. let us know if one or the other ends up working for you