Last week one of the arms on my passenger side cycle wing bracket snapped, I temporarily bodged it back together and then on Saturday the other side of that bracket also snapped!

The brackets have always been quite springy so I always suspect they'd go.

I have cortina uprights and KitSpares sell some of these:
http://www.kitspares.co.uk/shop/item.php?product=4967

Do most people make their own, or buy off the shelf? If the latter does anyone have any experience of how solid the Kit Spares ones are?

Thanks

I recommend these, from Rally Design :-

http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=11858

As fitted -

Fr_WingStay_01

[Edited on 21/10/13 by Dick Axtell]

jeesus those look heavy - are they weighty? lol

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Originally posted by daveb666
jeesus those look heavy - are they weighty? lol

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I had this type and they failed several times, they broke at the welded joint between the flat piece and the rod at the bottom.

In the end I cut off the flat sections and remade them out of 16swg wall thickness steel tube that was a good fit over the rod section. The section of the tube was crushed flat where it attaches to the wing and a local machine shop formed them and welded them to the rods after I had jigged them in the correct position. I will put a couple of pictures shortly.

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These are my current breakages:


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and the wing wobble a fair bit anyway. I want something that makes it solid, but hopefully won't require future maintenance as I don't have a welder so can't easily fix things like this.

Pretty much where mine broke. There are a couple of drgs in the photo archive of the new tubular pieces, in 2 pieces as the drg was to big for our A4 scanner; and a few photos of the finished stays fitted. Very sturdy and no sign of breakage after 2 years of use.

I just keep welding mine up when they break - tried lots of different configurations but it's a constant problem
Was thinking of something like " target="_blank">this
which I saw on an Italian 50's Osca.
Might be a bit over-engineered though?
Cheers, Pewe10

I cut the flat section off mine (MK/Sierra) and replaced with a bent tube that dlid into the larger tube, nearly 1700 miles since June
and still in one piece.

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I need just get mine taken off first; annoyingly my brake lines join on an additional bracket on the wing stay so I need to chop that bit off first

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I cut the flat section off mine (MK/Sierra) and replaced with a bent tube that dlid into the larger tube, nearly 1700 miles since June
and still in one piece.

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Originally posted by 40inches
I cut the flat section off mine (MK/Sierra) and replaced with a bent tube that slid into the larger tube, nearly 1700 miles since June
and still in one piece.

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Yours look more solid than mine to begin with!

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Originally posted by daveb666
I need just get mine taken off first; annoyingly my brake lines join on an additional bracket on the wing stay so I need to chop that bit off first

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Strange! Wonder why the flexy doesn't go straight to the caliper?

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they really should get thicker as they get closer to the upright or at least have a stiffener (or haunch) to give the same effect

also any bends / flattening of tubes should be done hot (or at least heated afterwards) to relieve any residual stresses caused by shaping it
(residual stress + vibration + cantilever design = )



I quite like my dax ones (not 100% convinced by the weld on the wends but they don't seem to break very often on other folks cars....)


(obviously they are for a sierra upright, but you get the idea with the big/long stiffeners)

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Strange! Wonder why the flexy doesn't go straight to the caliper?

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'Cos the IVA tester didn't like what happened to my original armoured flexis. On my car, there was a foul condition at full lock, and potential problems with fitting a longer flexi hose. Simplest soluion was to fit the original Cortina bracket, and a bridge pipe from sais brkt to the caliper. IVA man happy - result!

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Just been told my new carbon cycle wings are soon on their way so I'll temporarily bodge this one back together and get a new pair sorted for the new wings

see:http://westfieldbusa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mud-flaps-wing-stays-shocks-and-aero.html

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see:http://westfieldbusa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/mud-flaps-wing-stays-shocks-and-aero.html

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Third leg: I did this to my last Westfield and never had a problem since.