While not unheard of, it's certainly not the most common of Vanagon
failures.

My '85 Westy has 210,000 miles on it and my '84 Westy has 213,000 miles,
both with the original unbroken shifters.  I have another high mileage
'84 Westy (parts donor) but the actual mileage is not known as the dash
pod isn't the original.  I've never experienced one of these breaking
... but I know it is possible.

Mike

Allan Streib wrote:
> A couple of months ago when I first posted here about the rather sloppy
> repair I discovered on mine, someone responded that this breakage was
> not uncommon.  I don't recall who, but that's what lead me to believe
> this is not unusual.
>
> Allan
> --
> 1991 Vanagon  GL
>
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:57:10 -0700, "Jake de Villiers"
> <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> said:
>
>> What do you mean 'prone to breaking'?   Have you broken several?   Seen a
>> bunch of broken ones?
>>
>> My vans are each well over 200,000 miles, one of them's been to Alaska 6
>> times, and the shifter's are intact. Go easy on the projecting.
>>
>