So …
I’m refitting the bag of bits that was returned to me along with my rebuilt gearbox and notice that a rectangular bracket which fits onto the clutch slave cylinder has a piece snapped off.
I printed off a few pages from the Lotus manual to investigate what the bracket does ?
It appeared to be no more than a cable tie bracket so not too important then ?
Anyhow , later today it was still bugging me that something wasn’t quite right so I looked at diagrams on Deroure…
Voila ! On S/C cars its one end of the supercharger stay bar ! … the other end still being attached to the supercharger .
Out with the mig welder tomorrow then …
Gawd knows how long it had been snapped for either .
Glad I’m taking my time and being meticulous on the refit.
Worth checking at oil change time I reckon.
Yeah I have heard it is a very common thing to break. Someone should come out with a beefed up version.
Can I smell gravy?
And on that note, im off out for lunch!!
Sounds like Horseplay to me…
Mine was broken as well, John has fitted a later revised version of the bracket as they were prone to failure so Lotus upgraded them.
What year did lotus start using the beefy bracket ?
Do you mean Dany Bahar?
I think even the beefier bracket, could do with being beefier
You want more bull from Lotus?
Nah, Dan & the Man has left the building… 
No idea ring John 
"Hello Lotus , yeah can I speak to John that does the beefy brackets please " 
^^^ 
lmao ! arise Sir Crabcakes ^^^
Beefy bracket costs 3X the price as a standard one btw.
One is enroute to me now …
Edit nearly 5 x the price …
The 'BEEFY bracket !
One costs 17 quid ,the other costs 80 quid …
Most impressive welds!
Indeed … they should stick to turkey farming
On a serious note …
The flange on the new bracket is thicker than the standard one so consider using slightly longer bolts to compensate …
Speaking from experience !
Both look like they cost £0.12 not £80!
Indeed , but the labour costs to retap slave cylinder threads will divert your thoughts from poor welds !