Part #'s to rebuild L body 525 linkage?

[ShadowFromHell]

Ive been searching using google AND the site's search and all I can find is how to do a hiem swap. My wifes grandpa has a 88 omni and his shift linkage fell apart. He doesn't need hiems as the car is BONE stock and will be staying that way until I get my hands on it years from now. He just needs it back on the road ASAP. So does anyone have a part# for a rebuild kit for the stock linkage? Dealer, napa, autozone doesn't matter. We just need the parts sooner then later. If it was mine I would heim it, but thats not what he wants to do.

Thanks.

[cordes]

What part does he need to replace? All of it? That's a lot to track down especially considering that it was pretty flimsy when new.

[ShadowFromHell]

Talked to him and the main rod that goes from the shifter to the linkage is what has came apart. Which is the same one that failed on my rampage, I cant find parts anywhere but I just cant believe something that common for breaking isnt available.

[Johnny]

Only thing available I hear is the kit, no factory stuff now.

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[thedon809]

I was able to get every factory piece about a year and a half ago.

[glhs0075]

2 years ago I could get the ball joint and one of the rods.

Having just installed the heim joint conversion I would recommend you go with it and avoid the hassle of tracking down NOS parts.

[83scamp]

2 years ago I could get the ball joint and one of the rods.

Having just installed the heim joint conversion I would recommend you go with it and avoid the hassle of tracking down NOS parts.

+1 In fact, I believe the factory parts may be NS1. In the end, it will be cheaper, and much better to do the heim conversion. I did it several years ago, and wish I'd done it many years before did.

[ShadowFromHell]

Thanks for the help guys. I went over sunday to help him with it and he had made a new piece with a lugnut and a set screw. Its ugly, and steel on steel is never a good idea, but it works. He is planning on buying the hiem conversion in the future.

[4 l-bodies]

I remember about a year and a half maybe two, the ball joint that attaches to the long shift rod went crazy expensive from Mopar. They were around $13 then they went to about $40. When this happens my experience tells me they are just about to go NS1. I did some research and found a metric heim joint on ebay that was a perfect fit. It was around $10 or so.
Todd