Broken OC-E3 Off-Camera Shoe Cord

I broke the plate on this cord that slips into my flash bracket today. I'm wondering if I can get another plate - it looks like it attaches to the other side (where the flash sits) with 4 small screws?

Nic

Although I've broken two, I just replaced the whole things with cords from FlashZebra. Fairly inexpensive and about as durable as Canon original.

http://flashzebra.com …rds/ettlcords/i​ndex.shtml

I've always wondered why someone doesn't make a metal shoe. Seems like the shoe is the part that always breaks. I'm tempted to try something like that with one of my broken units.

I broke mine at the other end - the off-camera shoe. Two of the four screw threads shattered after I bumped the mounted 580 with my elbow. Solution - superglue in the sockets and around the periphery of the entire assembly. I'll never open it again - but why would I want to? It's stronger than before and works perfectly. It's the only piece of Canon kit I've managed to break; it does seem to have a pattern of breakages from what I read . . .