Gear stick and levers refurbishing

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by peterinair67

Found a Transfer case stick but it is in very poor condition. A lot of rust. Any advice on restotation or do people typically use the stick and re produce to the same pattern?

The transfer case gear lever isn't exactly rare although the gearknob certainly is, at least in usable condition. It has a different (larger) thread to the gearbox one.

[Phil Waterman]

When you say in bad condition, are you talking about rust pitting along the exposed upper shaft or under the tower ball?

Though the lever knob is a different thread, the Chevy and I suspect the Ford are a standard knob, measured the shaft thread and got a bolt of the same size and made the rounds of the heavy truck parts departments (also try heavy equipment). On the second or third place the parts guy said sure you want white, red, or black.

Cheers Phil