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Old 28th August 2008, 22:31
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On Sunday morning I removed the U clamp, cleaned all the paint off the upright and roughened it a bit with a round file to make a good key. I then cut very small hacksaw cuts on the inside of the U bit of the clamp, just about 0.5mm deep cuts to make really sharp little teeth. I then applied some 'JB Weld' epoxy glue and tightened up as much as I could with some new locknuts. I then applied more glue around the clamp and warmed it up with the hot air gun to make it flow. (the glue is not there to hold it on, just to stop it rotating under vibration)
I'll take and post a picture, but it didn't seem to move a millimetre on the trip out on Monday.
here is a picture of my epoxy 'welded' wing stay clamp....



it'll look better when re-painted.
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