stuart_g
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 03:32 PM |
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Wing stays keep breaking
Anyone else had this happen on their MNR and how did you cure it? This is the second time it has broken now.
 
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cjtheman
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 04:25 PM |
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it looks like the brackets are only 3mm flat bar which i think are not thick enough i would go with 5mm
cheers
colin
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 04:46 PM |
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Stu,
i had to have some extra bits added to mine to stop them breaking, but i HAD different uprights thou.
[Edited on 27/9/08 by Johneturbo]
 
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 04:47 PM |
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Wells
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| posted on 27/9/08 at 10:10 PM |
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Mine break once a month dependant on use. Sick of welding now!
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road warrior
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| posted on 28/9/08 at 02:12 AM |
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Hi Stuart
I can't understand why this is happening as our race cars haven't had this problem at all and they get pushed pretty hard over ripple
strips etc and the guards are well down over the sidewalls.
By the look of the failed one it looks like there may be side load from the tyre bending the bracket and/or guard. Have a good look at where the tyre
is sitting in the guard and see if there may be a clearance issue under heavy cornering. What size tyres are you running?
Cheers
Greg
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neilj37
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| posted on 28/9/08 at 08:09 AM |
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My car has sierra uprights and the wing stays to suit and never had a problem.
As road warrior has said your tyre may be making contact with the wings?
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stuart_g
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| posted on 29/9/08 at 09:27 AM |
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Wing stays are not contacting any thing under any condition. It is just the vibration of the wings moving from side to side has fatigued the metal.
I have now cured this by using 4mm thick metal and having a solid strip rather than the two loops.
The one I modified doesn't hardly move now but on a run out yesterday the drivers side wing stay snapped so I now have to mod this one in the
same way.
 
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RickRick
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| posted on 1/10/08 at 06:28 AM |
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i've not driven mine yet, but i've got the same setup as stuart_g and they bend very easily by hand, mine will be getting beefed up before
it goes anywere
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finlay
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| posted on 14/10/08 at 05:02 PM |
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yep, mine snapped several times, i just about crashed twice as the wing slid under the front wheel and locked it up (very scary) so now i dont run
them at all, i get an odd stone off the fore head but nothing serious lol
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Chris B
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 09:23 AM |
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I've been having the same problem since day one. first it was the screws falling out of the wings and now I've just snapped my second
pair of brackets! I'm taking a drive upto see Chris and Marc tomorrow to see if there is a solution? I dont really have the confidence for long
journeys at the moment and I'll give it one last crack then may consider selling car on and going back to two wheels. Thats how much it's
cheesed me off!
Second time it happened I locked up and nearly hit a ferrari F430....CHEAP!!!
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Triggerhappy
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 12:23 PM |
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When you are at MNR you can say hello to my chassie...should be in the jigg or just out of it....
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Johneturbo
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| posted on 23/10/08 at 03:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris B
I've been having the same problem since day one. first it was the screws falling out of the wings and now I've just snapped my second
pair of brackets! I'm taking a drive upto see Chris and Marc tomorrow to see if there is a solution? I dont really have the confidence for long
journeys at the moment and I'll give it one last crack then may consider selling car on and going back to two wheels. Thats how much it's
cheesed me off!
Second time it happened I locked up and nearly hit a ferrari F430....CHEAP!!!
Don't give up Chris, i felt the same as you when mine kept braking. maybe just beef them like i had to.
bloody long was to go for some more brackets thou 
ps keep the car and get a bike anyway
[Edited on 23/10/08 by Johneturbo]
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