Andy Stalick <andystalick@GMAIL.COM> writes:

> Today my gearshift lever broke off in my hand.

Mine did the same thing about a year ago.  I was 1,000 miles from home
and what I did to get back was tap the inside of the shifter tube on
both sides of the break, and use a length of threaded rod to hold it
together.  It was sloppy because I could not get it tight together and
it wanted to rotate, but it was good enough to get home on.

I "fixed" mine after I got home by replacing the threaded rod with a
cut-off section of grade 8 bolt, then welded around the break and ground
it smooth.

While this failure is not exactly common, it's certainly not unheard-of.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL