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I just put new ones in my '85 and it went at least 2 years without them. It had some marks on the stub but you couldn't catch a fingernail on them. I doubt if it will hurt to go without but now my car goes in to gear silently instead of the loud clunking noises so it was worth it to me to replace them.
