thanks for the quick reply. I did email Kalsingh1 but have had no reply as yet. I haven't even tried the dealership as was hoping to find one on ebay for a reasonable price. Saying that I showed the problem part to a engineer friend of mine this afternoon and he seems pretty confident he can repair/modify it , to be stonger than the original. He's going to have a go at it tomorrow, nothing really to lose have I ...! Will keep you all posted on the out come.