I have had bike at shop for problem with gears, anyway cut a long story short, there is alot of movement on front mech, advising I get a new one they tell me its e type, will I have to replace with e type, they also said to upgrade to XT, so what I want to know is would this do e bay item
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and also are they pretty easy to fit?

What bike is it?
My Scott genius uses an E type front mech, due the frame design you cant clamp a conventional mech on the seat tube.
You have to remove chainset and bottom bracket first.

Yes mines on a Scott, so will probably be the same

How old is the bike, we did an old one a while back and the latest E type mech cage sits a bit higher than the original and fouls the swingarm.

Its roughly 2006

Nowhere near as old as the one we did. Newer frames have more clearance apparently.

I’ve had nowt but problems with e-types. The mounting bracket bends quite easily. Get a standard type if you can.

e-type on an e-type frame is a godsend …but retro fitting them is shit … i had an xtr etype on my heckler for a while … first up it flexed chronically so the gears never worked …and i couldnt adjust it to suit my 29:42 set up ! only really likes 22:32:44