Click Bond Mirror mounts

Code54 · Jun 18, 2014

About a month ago I installed some click Bond fasteners and mounted a set of mirrors on my MX5100. Now after a month i can say these are the BEST mounts you could ever ask for or buy. I been brush hogging a bunch and the mirrors often take a limb and get knocked backwards or forwards and it never bothered the fasteners. Most of my brush cutting work is on ATV trails and farm roads so it is some times rather rough and lots of things to catch mirrors on. I personally didn't want to drill holes in the tractor so I went with the Click Bond fasters after reading about them on this site. All I can say is buy some, they are GREAT!
Also want to thank DragonEggs as he was a BIG help and answered any questions I had.

lilranch2001 · Jun 18, 2014

That is exactly how I would like to get a set of mirrors
Where did you get the mirrors and the click bond?

Looks perfect to me, nice and clean

Code54 · Jun 18, 2014

Thanks - The Click Bonds are from Electrical Hub but there is another place called the The Flight Shop Inc. that carries all their products. The Elec. Hub really hit me hard on shipping so I would look around a little bit but the fasteners are worth the effort!
The mirrors were Golf Cart Mirrors off Ebay - Think they were right around $25 dollars. 4Shorts gave me the info and for the price I thought they were pretty nice. I LOVE having them on when I have to run down the road to the other farm, easy to tell if someone is coming up behind me.

lilranch2001 · Jun 18, 2014

I was going to use old school camper special mirrors that would allow the mirrors to pivot if a branch or something hit them, but your design is great

davrow · Jun 20, 2014

Great install, Code54. Did you sand down the surface before installing the click-bonds?

Code54 · Jun 20, 2014

Thank you.

You use something that is like a scotch bright pad that basically just takes off the "gloss" but leaves the paint intact. You can buy a little "kit" that has the epoxy and mixing stuff included for a few dollars. Really a simple install and well worth the money for the mounts instead of drilling in my opinion.

dragoneggs · Jun 21, 2014

Looking good!!! Glad you like them. I have Click Bond fasteners supporting mirrors, lights, and the wiring on my BX. Of course I am biased but this THE way to mount just about anything to your tractor, ATV, RV, boat, airplane, satellite, ha, ha... I am happy to help anyone with questions you may have.

As Code54 said, it is a light scuff and solvent wipe prior to bonding unless you are going to mount something where you are expecting hundreds or even thousands of pounds of load. In those cases, you need to get down to bare metal.

You are not alone using these things... one of our biggest customers is Boeing and just about everything flying these days has CB parts on them!

whirly · Jul 19, 2014

Code54 -

What size stud did you get for those mirrors?

dragoneggs · Jul 19, 2014

whirly said:
Code54 -

What size stud did you get for those mirrors?

I used CS125 studs. They are 1.25in base diameter with a 1/4-20 by 1in long threaded and I double nutted them. A simple locknut would be a bit cleaner. Probably should cut the protruding stud flush but I got lazy. Obviously you could go shorter but these are most popular size/length and Electrical Hub always has stock of these.

Code54 · Jul 19, 2014

dragoneggs said:
I used CS125 studs. They are 1.25in base diameter with a 1/4-20 by 1in long threaded and I double nutted them. A simple locknut would be a bit cleaner. Probably should cut the protruding stud flush but I got lazy. Obviously you could go shorter but these are most popular size/length and Electrical Hub always has stock of these.

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Yep - I ran by our local Fastenal and bought some locknuts and it worked GREAT! The guys at the store were also really interested in that "weird fastener" that I was using and I mentioned they should be selling them!

Code54 · Jul 19, 2014

dragoneggs said:
I used CS125 studs. They are 1.25in base diameter with a 1/4-20 by 1in long threaded and I double nutted them. A simple locknut would be a bit cleaner. Probably should cut the protruding stud flush but I got lazy. Obviously you could go shorter but these are most popular size/length and Electrical Hub always has stock of these.

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Yep - I ran by our local Fastenal and bought some locknuts and it worked GREAT! The guys at the store were also really interested in that "weird fastener" that I was using and I mentioned they should be selling them!

Threepoint · Jul 24, 2014

Very cool. Well done installations. I'm probably the last person on TBN to learn about this product. Code54 and Dragoneggs, thanks to both of you for this.

Code54 · Jul 24, 2014

Glad you like it and thank you - Dragoneggs turned me on to these and I love the product!

dragoneggs · Jul 24, 2014

Code54 said:
Yep - I ran by our local Fastenal and bought some locknuts and it worked GREAT! The guys at the store were also really interested in that "weird fastener" that I was using and I mentioned they should be selling them!

Actually Fastenal does purchase Click Bond product but I believe it is for specific customer/applications... not stocked for the walk in customer.

davrow · Jul 25, 2014

So the question boils down to... where is the best place for us TBN members to buy 2 or 4 click bonds for this mirror mount? And adhesive, too, I guess.

You mentioned the Flight Shop, and they have them, but any place that wants an RFQ instead of giving a price doesn't want to deal in 1s and 2s.

edit: I found their page with individual part pricing. They will probably do after all:
The Flight Shop Click Bond

But their adhesive page is very difficult to navigate - what does one actually need to install 4 studs?

Code54 · Jul 25, 2014

Dragoneggs is the expert so I would defer to him for a much better answer that I can provide. I bought the little Click Bond packs that have the rip and squeeze "glue" packets that are pre-measured and they worked out great. I did 3 mounts for another project on one packet and I seem to recall there being a little left over but as I said Dragoneggs is the man to ask.

dragoneggs · Jul 25, 2014

davrow said:
So the question boils down to... where is the best place for us TBN members to buy 2 or 4 click bonds for this mirror mount? And adhesive, too, I guess. You mentioned the Flight Shop, and they have them, but any place that wants an RFQ instead of giving a price doesn't want to deal in 1s and 2s. edit: I found their page with individual part pricing. They will probably do after all: The Flight Shop Click Bond But their adhesive page is very difficult to navigate - what does one actually need to install 4 studs?

Try electricalhub.com. You can do it with one or two little adhesive packs. Check their website but call them to order.