Cheap Nasty Cat Eye Front Positioning Mounting system

nwallace
nwallace Posts: 1,465
edited September 2008 in Workshop
Just had one of the plastic flanges on my Single shot plus fail, so it doesn't grip the bracket on both sides.

A quick look at the Cat Eye website shows this isn't a replacement part (i.e. the 90 quid light is f*)

Has anyone else had this happen and found a suitable alternative method of securing the light to the bars?

My thoughts right now involve either Zippy Ties or Juibilee clips to strap the light onto the bars
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Comments

  • Did you lose the piece that broke off? If not, some epoxy resin should fix it - or you could glue it to the bracket using the same stuff and since the bracket has a thumbscrew that could be your removal mechanism?
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    The broken off bit is somewhere on the floor of the shipping container (temporary garage)

    The problem with glueing the 2 parts together is one of the access screws is in that area so should I need to replace the battery I woudl ahve to break the glue.

    Currently got Zippy ties in, will see how it does. Carry a battery operated one on the tourer as a back up and can use it on the other bikes. (Bracket is on a space grip and i cut the mounting strap to fit.
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days