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Originally Posted by ayjay
You have just reminded me that I need lock stops on my car. i may just fit jubilee clips for now 
just as matter of interest it passed IVA with front cycle wings touching the headlamps at full lock. They checked it with me in the car and when I was asked to move the steering from lock to lock I suddenly remembered . I made it look as if it had reached the end of its lock and no one seemed any the wiser   |
I used jubilee clips on my last kit and they were fine for a while but disintegrated and left bits of metal all over the rack eventually. Theres a lot of force on the stops when you hit them.
One thing I did think was that I could have conceivably held these together by cutting a gland down the middle for a zip tie or even an o-ring rather than drilling and tapping for bolts. The force on them isn't trying to separate them, just crush them against the knuckle so a zip tie should hold them fine.
Cheers
Stot