David aka Blue7

The point is that the side lights are not bright and can barely be seen and I suppose having one brake light is ok if you are riding a motorbike but in a car??

I agree with the poster and also agree with Louis, W33 and Pete, JAL LED cards inside clear lenses are superb. Prior to that I tried the coloured bulbs and then the led bulbs but both were quite useless.

This thread is a couple of years old so in the event that Doc007 doesn't reply I am considering using some industrial Velcro although finding a strong enough adhesive to glue the Velcro to armrest and panel may be a problem, but Gorilla is usually pretty reliable. In another thread someone was going to fit magnets but there was no follow up as to whether that solution was successful

That's a great Technical Guide by Beachman Racing, can this be uploaded to the Technical Guides section under Suspension? Shaun_E I will try to attach a copy to this post but in the past PDF files have failed to upload ... well it seems to have uploaded successfully. BR+Caterham+CSR+Damper+Bracket+Install+Instructions-V1.1.pdf

Good post, how did you discover that? Beachman Racing seem to be based in Washington, $897 is about £708 plus postage. You wouldn't think there are many CSR's in the US to warrant the design and production of an improved Clevis Bracket? It seems similar the the Team Leos bracket but the sides of the two damper location lugs have been chamfered and the stud has a spacer. I have no knowledge of the material quality they refer to. Here is a pic of the two together with the team Leos version

Doc007, I have a similar problem, where did you source your replacement pins?

I have had a JWM battery for a few years now, I had to buy a special CTEK charger for lithium batteries, which has a button to override the battery Low Voltage Protection (LVP) mode, which fools a lot of chargers into diagnosing the battery as dead and not chargeable. I have found that the CTEK will still not override the LVP mode unless the battery is completely disconnected. The battery lasts 2 weeks with immobiliser drain whereas the banner lasted 4 weeks. If the JWM battery is just disconnected over winter it doesn't require a battery trickle / conditioner, it holds its charge. I didn't realise that the charger supplied by JWM could override the LVP mode, I will have to look it out and include it with my tool kit.

No problems with mine

Where can we find / access Simon Lambert's written response, I haven't heard any mention of that before now? Bob and Simon both looked a bit "edgy" when answering the question, it would have been nice to hear some factual information like how many CSRs built, how many owners responded to the survey and how many reported faults, results of material analysis and stress testing etc. instead of "the problem being not as bad as social media suggested", in which case why go to the expense of redesigning the part or the whole of the rear suspension? I would have liked to hear some facts but I suppose the subject will be swept under the carpet until there is a fatality and all this evidence will have some relevance.

The webinar takes place on 22 February, some of us have proposed questions but there is no guarantee that they will be asked.

I agree, I never lock mine ... and I never lock my doors either

Good point, maybe that's why they are all "not in stock" but they must be fitting some version to the 485 and why are CC suggesting replacement, if damaged, and yet not listing a suitable replacement? Such issues could be clarified by posing the question to CC

I have registered for the webinar and proposed two questions, one relating to progress to date, conclusions as to cause of failure and have the brackets fitted to the present Seven 485 CSR been modified or improved in any way. My second question is why are the clevis brackets not being listed individually in the online store, they are currently only listed as just one component part of the whole upright assembly kits costing between £1293 and £1631 for one side only, to replace both sides would be double that price and to buy all those un-required component parts is not really "green" like (as was said in comparison of Rorkes Drift to Bala in the film Zulu). Given the importance of replacement, why are they all listed as “not currently in stock”. Failure of these brackets could have possible life threatening consequences so if the questions aren't put to CC a quote from Hamlet comes to mind including the words rotten and Denmark.

Excellent suggestion , I haven't registered yet but will do so tomorrow

I'm surprised that you still have all the pieces especially that small section of the lug, were they all still attached to the bolt? Do you intend to hand them to CC? I am intrigued as to what CC are doing because I would have thought that any metallurgical tests would have been completed by now, along with conclusions regarding cause? Maybe John Chilcot is in charge of investigations so we can expect publication of results in 7 years time, an appropriate period I suppose.