Its a shame that our cars have to be rendered unusable due to this little piece of bad engineering. The original part is crap. I replaced mine with a nylon roller plus a few washers and bushings. It will outlast the car. I'm all for field improvements. Let's hear it for Yankee ingenuity!

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1985 380SE Blue/Blue - 230,000 miles
2012 Subaru Forester 5-speed
2005 Toyota Sienna
2004 Chrysler Sebring convertible
1999 Toyota Tacoma