SKS secuclips

[straas]

I've noticed recently that my front mudguard is moving around more than usual and I'm concerned it will only take so much before it disintegrates.

All bolts seem well tightened, so in thinking of a culprit I'm currently looking toward the sacrificial clips at the fork.

Do these loosen over time? Is it as simple as forcing the stays back in?

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/mudguards/sks-secu-clips-for-front-mudguard-stays-per-pair/

 

[MichaelW2]

They get brittle and crack/snap.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Over a long period of time the stay can become loose in the clip, I think the clip can wear, when it happened on one of my bikes I just modified the stay with pliers to tighten it up

 

[straas]

Looking at them visually they look to be in fair condition - How do the stays go in, are they just pushed in?

Cheers

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Looking at them visually they look to be in fair condition - How do the stays go in, are they just pushed in?

Cheers

Yes they just push in and pull out. The stays usualy form a circle which fits into the clip, where the gap is its usually posible to gently widen the gap a little and increase the size of the circle slightly to stop rattling.

 

[Dave Davenport]

It's usually the clip that fits between the fork/stays and guard, the old style metal ones can be pinched up with pliers, the new style plastic ones wear the mudguard away (put some gaffer tape on between when fitting). If it's a metal one that's broken at the bend (which they do) you can bodge it with a cable tie.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The ones I have may have be a bit different. You push the stays in, and then you push a little clip in "inside the elbow" of the stays, as it were, that snaps into the main plastic body and holds it all together. Presumably this little clip is designed to fail if the stays get pulled by something jammed under the mudguard.

It was this little clip that cracked and caused mine to release the stays on one side a couple of years ago while riding on a rough surface. Soon bodged.

A different design to the one I had to repair.