Selector lever replacement

[Beakster]

Doing an overhaul of the gear linkage on my T25.

How do I know if the selector lever should be replaced? It's the metal cup at the gearbox end of the linkage which the plastic ball sits in. I can see how the ball will wear being plastic but I can't see the cup wearing.

I did grab a replacement but now I'm wondering if the original is better quality. The original one has a ridge in it and seems like a more complex casting than the pattern replacement. So I'm thinking it might be better to leave the original one on there, I less there are any signs of wear I should check for?

[silverbullet]

The polymer ball picks up particles of road dirt when the boot splits and wears out the alloy cup quite badly, not the other way round!

Been there a few times. You have to knock out the roll pin and then heat the cup with a heat gun to make it expand a little, then it comes off the linkage rod (tube) easily.

A job best done on the bench, in a vise.