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Old 12-17-2010, 11:43 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Yes, the metal tabs get fatigued and they get jarred loose. The right front in particular gets knocked off fairly often. It fell off on my way home from the X-Prize in June, and I retrieved it. I bent the tabs to be tighter, and it fell off again in less than 15 minutes -- and I was in tight traffic and could stop without causing an accident. So, it's in the ditch on Rt 80 East somewhere in Ohio...
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