Tri-Coast off-camera softbox

[d2creative]

So i got one of these (got in on the sale at the last minute last week) and received it the other day and it seems really cool. I'm just now starting to play with it and I'm having a problem. I have my sb-800 installed on the softbox with a pocket wizard and the other pw on my camera. But regardless of whether or not the camera and pw's are on or off, the flash is switching between TTL and Remote (su-4) when i jiggle it in the tri-coast mount. And even if I lock the sb800 using the little locking dial, i can still manage to slide the flash out of the mount. It also doesn't matter if the locking dial is locked or not, jiggling the sb800 will still make it switch modes. There's some kind of electrical contact thing happening with the base of the sb800 and the mount.

Am i doing something wrong?
I really wanted to go test it out today.

d2creative added 1324 Minutes and 22 Seconds later...Double Post Merged Below

hmmmm.... no one?

It has something to do with the contacts on the bottom of the flash touching the metal mount. The flash fires automatically every time it jiggles as well. So as i'm carrying the setup from one spot to another the flash is firing like crazy, wasting battery power and garnishing unwanted attention.

[trahanw]

Experienced the same problem, the only alternative was to place a strip of electrical tape over the bracket. I don't understand why they would make a metal bracket to secure the flash.

[The Loft Studios]

Yea, with "Metal Mount" Hot Shoes, some Flashes such as Nikon and Canon, will act WIERD. Like what was posted previous, put a piece of electrical tape on the Hot Shoe of the Flash..... That's how I use to do it until I purchased better metal mounts that are raised higher so that the Flash DOESN'T come in contact with the Metal Mounts.