Well I should of known this day would come I guess. Now my lever never busted in the area of the pivot joint but rather where it makes contact to the hardend steel pivot component. I guess it has gotten sloppier over time making them slightly off from their normal contact place which was enough for the hardend steel part to eat through the alum. kicker.
I'm going to get the alum built up on the busted one and make some kind of hardend steel insert to go in there just so I have a spare one.
Anyway the busted kicker being off its normal 90% point is the reason why it also ate through my boots! Oh well, at least I'll have a new one in a few days.