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I have used a couple of hours the new Mystic 3.0 clicker spreader bar and had a hard time catching my breath....when back on shore, SUPRISE (or should I say: BAD surprise): the spreader bar twisted upwards, thus turning the hook vertically! Good thing it didn`t unhooked while out there in the waves with the Spleene X19!!!

Guys, any idea how I could set this issue? I really like the last clicker bar, Mystic being one of my favorite brands, so if there is something I can tinker to this spreader pad/bar, please advise me.

Many thanks!
and a picture with the fricking thing

I wear mystic since 2003..Been wearing all the "clicker" spreader bars from 1 to 3..Never had a problem like this and i kite in realy strong winds throwing a lots of megaloops..
Are you sure that your belt was tight and the "under" little belt was properly attached?

nikalaitzian wrote:I wear mystic since 2003..Been wearing all the "clicker" spreader bars from 1 to 3..Never had a problem like this and i kite in realy strong winds throwing a lots of megaloops..
Are you sure that your belt was tight and the "under" little belt was properly attached?

positive! The pad stayed on my waist, didn`t raised to my neck
just that spreader bar twisted.....I have compared it with a regular Mystic spreader bar pad and indeed the bar on the clicker is twisting almost freely
the curve of the clicker is almost nonexistent, compared to the regular, and the stitches are loose on the clicker webbings

Am I mistaking that the hook is welded at a strange angle ...?

Ludmil wrote:Am I mistaking that the hook is welded at a strange angle ...?

indeed you are mistaking! The whole spreader bar is twisting almost freely in the spreader pad
read the first post, man

av_dumitrascu wrote:

Ludmil wrote:Am I mistaking that the hook is welded at a strange angle ...?

indeed you are mistaking! The whole spreader bar is twisting almost freely in the spreader pad
read the first post, man

so the metal parts of the bar did not twisted? just bar turned in the pad?

eree wrote:

av_dumitrascu wrote:

Ludmil wrote:Am I mistaking that the hook is welded at a strange angle ...?

indeed you are mistaking! The whole spreader bar is twisting almost freely in the spreader pad
read the first post, man

so the metal parts of the bar did not twisted? just bar turned in the pad?

yeap!...any ideas? I mean, I can twist the bar in the good position, but when hooked in, it will twist up again

so, if nothing is broken, i think you just need to tighten up main belts and also "down system" belt.
i hope it'll help

eree wrote:so, if nothing is broken, i think you just need to tighten up main belts and also "down system" belt.
i hope it'll help

don`t think so, the problem is the bar is swinging in the pad too freely, compared to any other spreader bar I have around, so I should find a way to tighten the bar in the pad somehow...but how?

I did read it.
But you didn`t mine...
If the welding is at bottom of the spreader bar tube /as I see it from the pic,and it`s quite strange/ the kite tension will force the spreader to twist..
That`s I meant...

L.