Busted "stay" - plastic bracket holding together dash and windshield

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Anyone had your plastic stay bust into pieces? Very strange. I noticed a couple of cracks when putting a fairing back on after I adjusted my Power Commander. The more I kept inspecting the cracks, the more I realized this bracket was destroyed. The part I'm talking about is #23 and shown below. I'm not sure whether the previous owner messed up the installation of some aftermarket parts, being more ham-handed than necessary, maybe leading to a progressive weakening of the Stay. I do ride with a Garmin mounted on the crossbar behind the windscreen. It vibrates, especially when riding dirt and gravel roads, but it's hard to imagine that would shatter the Stay, which is a hard, molded plastic part. I'm surprised Yamaha used plastic for this key mounting bracket that keeps essentially the whole windshield and dash assembly together; and because its replacement is a huge drag, as you can see from the second pic. I'm guessing I'm not the only one that has experienced this, but who knows.
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You're not the first! Panman had to replace the stay on his '14 earlier this year. Couple cracks started and then the entire piece fell apart. Luckily it was in stock and not too expensive.

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I broke that same part 1.5 years ago. IIMG_20200509_141507_668.jpg20200509_135955.jpgt took a minute to get everything off. I rode with busted for 6 months and finally got tired of it. Wish I had done it sooner.
 

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LOL! There we go! Man, this is crazy that this went through Yamaha engineering reviews, or whatever they're called. Mine literally was in a few pieces when I unbolted enough parts to allow it to go flop. Its failure also caused my right panel console (piece to which the turn signal is attached) to crack. Thus, had to replace both. Removing everything isn't that bad, but way more than I would have guessed to replace a plastic part that it seems is prone to failure.

Do you also mount a GPS on the horizontal crossbar behind the windscreen?
 

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Gunslinger - What kind of light is that? And does it light things up at night pretty well? BTW, I have the Altrider upper crash bars, and if they're good for anything, they're great for mounting light fixtures like this without hanging them on the plastics (especially now that I know they can bust so badly).
 

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A hard tip over can break it believe it or not. The twisting inertia of the windscreen and any devices will bust it up.
 

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Gunslinger - What kind of light is that? And does it light things up at night pretty well? BTW, I have the Altrider upper crash bars, and if they're good for anything, they're great for mounting light fixtures like this without hanging them on the plastics (especially now that I know they can bust so badly).
It turns the night into day. Seriously.

Its so bright that when riding in the forest during the day, you can see it lighting up the road.

Best part: not once have i been flashed. Its a spot not a flood, so it doesnt blind oncoming traffic.

The light is made by Ecco Safety, they are best known for making police and ems lightbars.

The yellow lens is Lamin-X film.


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A number of people have broken that bracket even though I can't think of any recent reports. Fortunately it's more the nuisance of replacing than the relative cost since it's <$100. Last I remember a headlight shell was over $360.
 

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It's just strange to me that a part like this, which is clearly susceptible to failure, would be used, especially when it's a relatively PIA to replace it when it does fail. It's been my general experience that parts that can fail with normal wear and tear don't require much tear-down to replace. And in my situation, it's failure caused another part to crack that I had to replace as well. That required me to pull apart more stuff. I guess I'm glad I noticed it when I did since more likely would have been busted in a short time. Appreciate the feedback. At least I know I don't have some highly abnormal situation.
 

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It's just strange to me that a part like this, which is clearly susceptible to failure, would be used, especially when it's a relatively PIA to replace it when it does fail. It's been my general experience that parts that can fail with normal wear and tear don't require much tear-down to replace. And in my situation, it's failure caused another part to crack that I had to replace as well. That required me to pull apart more stuff. I guess I'm glad I noticed it when I did since more likely would have been busted in a short time. Appreciate the feedback. At least I know I don't have some highly abnormal situation.
I havent looked for a code on the mold, but it feels like glass reinforced nylon. That stuff is really tough but can breakdown eventually in the elements depending on what they use.


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I think mine was broke the whole time I have been riding the bike, this includes the Daulton all the way to the north side of Atigun Pass. I bought the Ten used and always thought that it felt flimsy, as I had nothing to compare it to I just thought flimsy. Afew months back riding a gravel Rd from Darinton to Granit Falls it just started dancing all over the place. Bunggied it into place and rode on, came out in five or six pieces.
 

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Farkling my '17, I looked at that bracket to hold some electrical parts. After determining it isn't robust (steel), but some composite plastic, deemed best to leave it untouched. Thanks for reporting your issues.
 

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My kickstand folded and broke my Madstad in half. Hard lick. Didn't break my 7 1/2 yr old bracket or bend the Madstad mount. Got lucky.IMG_0024.JPG
 

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In reading others’ breaking the past couple of years....I think I’m going to order a backup and look for a lightweight solution to adding some metal bracing.
 

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In reading others’ breaking the past couple of years....I think I’m going to order a backup and look for a lightweight solution to adding some metal bracing.
I have safety wired my light so that if my bracket breaks, it wont go tumbling down the road or tearing out wiring.

If you come up with a reinforcement method, do share!


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