Gear Lever broke off at its base

Now this thread belongs in the How-to/Resources Section.

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Originally Posted by 1batt4u

I bet Josh DPI is working on a S/S one. :)

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Freak! You got some amazing future telling skills!!!!!


Great installation guide there! Thumbs up!!

My gear shift lever had been welded by a previous owner. However, the weld ultimately broke while trying to free up a rusted shift cable. I ended up taking the assembly to a local welding shop who was able to re-weld it for about $25. It has worked fine great for 10 years and 20,000+ miles. The only drawback is that I don't have the reverse lockout safety feature...which is something I always remind myself of when downshifting to 2nd gear! :-)

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Originally Posted by outatym2001

Finally got the new Gear Lever installed.
The six pictures below demonstrate what I did.

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The only thing I would add is that it is a lot easier to do the above disassembly with the "fork" removed. See picture and you see what I mean. So I pressed out the approx. 3" long pin (arrow) and after that it was a 10 second job. Another reason to remove the fork is that it allows you to remove all the internals (spring, washers) and give it a good degrease/regrease. Mine was pretty gooey inside.

Now, my SS shifter (DPI) is catching and doesn't slide up and down very smoothly at this point but once the stainless wears away some of the softer carbon steel I anticipate that it will be as smooth as new.
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I'd like to remove my gear shift assembly and pull the gear changer tubes out as well so I can clean up that entire area. It's the perfect time to throw in some new shift bushings and new pivot bolts, etc. I need to degrease the shift assembly...looks like a grease bomb went off in there, and it's also covered with 30+ years of dust and grime. I plan on painting the shift stick and after reading this thread I should probably be checking it for cracks as well. I also plan on doing a cross cable adjustment as in reverse the roll pin falls off the little shelf. My question is after cleaning the shifting assembly, how and what should I grease and what kind of grease is good to use?