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Jacked the car up today back end on the centre jacking point I noticed in front of this point is a cable I am guessing this is the hand brake cable thing is it has a rubber gaiter about 3 inches long I think but mine is in about 5 pieces what is its correct name for this rubber gaiter is it easy to fit and is it ok with out this gaiter :help:
I should of took a PICTURE

John Pell wrote: I should of took a PICTURE

Perhaps we already have a pic of it in our guide for jacking up an MG. Take a look and let us know please.

I suspect it is one of the gearchange cables.

I I will jack it up again tomorrow and post a pic

Gear cable ends

I bet it was the lower one.

Here are my pictures of said part MK 2 MGF
Is it a gear cable or hand brake ????? :help:
Thanks for all your replies

Gear change cable. :yesnod:

Should I replace the damaged rubber gaiter or does it not matter . Also if it needs replacing is it an easy DIY

It protects the end of the linkage from water, salt grit etc so it is worth replacing. Better that than a new cable. :yesnod:
They are cheap enough but you need to pop the ball joint off the bellcrank and then unscrew the ball joint end off the threaded of the cable. Someone actually cable tied a finger from a rubber glove in its place. It worked, plus you can pull the finger over the end without unscrewing it.
The end is held by a lock nut so you can use the locknut to mark the position where you need to re-screw the end after fitting the gaiter.

Incidentally if your reverse is a bit 'gratey' going in then screwing the end on by a further two turns will help with selecting reverse.

Bellcrack ball joint already sounding to technical for me good shout about reverse gear would I get the gaiter from rimmer bros or similar

It sounds much more technical than it is. It's really simple to split the ball joint. I used a suitably sized open ended spanner to ease them apart and then just popped back on with my hands. Use some grease when you put them back together.

The gaiters are available from Rimmers, Brown and Gammon and Mike Satur has the as well I believe.

Good hunting

Robin