They aren't that hard to rebuild. The hard part is remembering what order the pieces go back together in. Looking at that video I didn't take the carrier apart when I had mine apart. I just cleaned it good and lubed it. I keep this ebay seller on my saved sellers list. They have a lot of Hurst parts and pieces and have both the plates and wave spring or the full master rebuild kit listed. https://www.ebay.com/str/shifterdr?_trkparms=folent:shifterdr|folenttp:1&_trksid=p3542580.m47492.l74602 I used to have to pull mine apart and clean and lube it once a year or so when I lived in a house out back in the field from where I live now and had almost three miles on dirt roads to get to a paved road.
Congrats to Hamburgers who drive their rods enough miles to wear out a Hurst. Don't believe I ever wore one to the point of needing a rebuild. Back in the day, local hamhandharry was always needing his T10 ****** rebuilt or the linkage ajusted or the shifter rebuilt. A ride with him would explain everything; he jerked and slammed on that shifter like he hated the car. I tried to show him how to shift both smooth and fast, but he just didn't have the mental or physical IQ to grasp the concept. jack vines
I bought an old Hurst Compe***ion Plus shifter for a 67-69 Camaro for $10 at Pomona in 1986. I used it for many years, until it felt like I was stirring spaghetti noodles and not a shifter. I spent $90 on a Compe***ion Plus overhaul kit last year and it now feels like a brand new shifter! Not a real problem to rebuild and would do it again. Considering that Compe***ion Plus shifters are selling for around $500 these days, the hundred I have invested seems quite nice, and it shifts as good or better than a brand new one. Excellent money and around an hour's worth of labor was well worth it.
I wore out my OG '65-'67 Impala shifter after maybe 200k miles. It was in hibernation for many years, I had it in the original box. I opened the box and found TWO shifters in it. No idea where that came from. That one seized up on me in 2019 and the mystery one came to the rescue. I would consider having the bad one rebuilt. Paul Cangelosi said he would tackle it for me.
New Hurst shifters are overpriced ****! Rebuild what you have or find an old one at a swap meet and rebuild it, it's not that hard, and you'll be way better off. The new install kits are still alright, they couldn't hardly **** them up. JMO
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