90 upper link ball joint gaiter

just arrived back in Worcester after spending the day in altrincham going through the list of jobs the mot man gave to my son to get his 90 through.
Last on the list is a perished gaiter on the upper link ball joint. Had a go at splitting the taper to remove joint from the axle bracket, but ran out of time and inclination. Before resorting to large hammer and drift, does anyone have any ideas about replacing gaiter in situ, for example cutting new gaiter to wrap it, or using piece of leather to make gaiter as in the old days. Son is not too handy with lump hammer, hence question

Two hammers one each side of the bracket and hit it at the same time normally works and much easier than a splitter or drift

Jam1 said:

Two hammers one each side of the bracket and hit it at the same time normally works and much easier than a splitter or drift

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Yep, this, works well. I have two identical hammers for this exact reason

As I thought, simple solution found to perished gaiter, cleaned it off, wrapped in silicon tape and mot man happy. No need for large hammers or big drifts.

jimwyllie said:

As I thought, simple solution found to perished gaiter, cleaned it off, wrapped in silicon tape and mot man happy. No need for large hammers or big drifts.

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that wont last long, bit of a bodge, it isnt a hard job to just change it

flat said:

that wont last long, bit of a bodge, it isnt a hard job to just change it

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I know it's a bodge, but it got through the mot, and now job can be done at leisure when the time is right.

jimwyllie said:

I know it's a bodge, but it got through the mot, and now job can be done at leisure when the time is right.

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Or stick more tape on at the next MOT pmsl

Might wrap my whole truck and see if that works