Nope. All I did was clean up the area, and wipe a very thin coat of grease on the head of the master cylinder pushrod and around the shank of the pivot bolt. This is actually an aftermarket lever aparently. A pazzo unit, that aparently makes a lot of OEM levers for lots of bike companies. Sounds like levers are one of those things where you could get a replacement from a generic bike shop no problem. Somewherei n cyber space there is probably a pazzo fitment chart.