J O/D Gearlever UKC3285 spherical plastic bush replacement

[Lance Smith]

My 1979 Spitfire 1500 J type Overdrive gearlever, UKC3285, spherical plastic bush has split and will soon fail completely.  I am looking for a replacement, but cannot find one.  Most of the usual suppliers do not show a part #.  The specific part that I need is a white plastic molding that fits underneath the 22G1434 Retainer. Red arrows point to the spherical plastic bush that I need. It appears to be integral with the whole UKC3285 Gearlever assembly.  It doesn't look like it comes off easily, and a replacement might not be easily fit.  What have others done to fix this condition? Thanks for your responses.

[Pete Lewis]

well the only way to replace the cup is to separate the rubber coupling by force   never tried 

i dont think a cup from a 3 rail kit would be any good  worth alook 

 not even MGOC show a repair or replacement gear stick as also used on migdet1500/marina models 

dont tink there is an easy answer for this  scout for a metal look alike cup waser and attempt to separate the two halves of the stick 

pete