Originally Posted by folo

The problem with a used one from ebay is that it may not last that long either.

My car is 120K, not low miles but not crazy high.
Parts selling in ebay are for the most part coming from broken down cars.

Broken crossfires being of the vintage they are. will probably be high mileage cars.

For people paying for the labor of installation, I would suggest buy a new switch.

For the rest of us who have the tools, time and inclination, if we can share our knowledge and experiences and come up with an effective and robust repair, we might end up with a switch that is twice as better than new.

Auto parts manufacturers are extremely constrained by cost and regulations, even if the designers knew that using $0.50 worth of some very special grease would have made this part last 100 years, they wouldn't be allowed to add it.