>
>  But from first glance the plastic section that the clip attaches to has
> broken out and the clip is no longer attached.  It had been fixed once by
> someone else and had a small bolt through the clip and a nut on the outside
> in the depression.
>

This is classic failure of the brown ones.  IMO you'll be better off
getting a black one and painting it.

Yrs,
d