I only looked at one of these shackles on my 45 MB. It is also bent slightly. I was going to straighten it, but now I am not sure it it is supposed to be straight.
Dave Fillman
45 MB
---- you wrote:
> Hello List:
> This is a followup to a posting I made regarding spring shackles:
>
>
> Pfdad@aol.com wrote:
> > In examining my four threaded spring shackles (U-shaped items), I notice
> >that if you sight straight down the threaded shanks, they are slightly out
> of
> >line with each other. That is, if you lay them down on a flat surface and
> >sight along parallel to the table top, one of the threaded shanks angles up
> a
> >little. If you look straight down on the shackle while it is lying on the
> >table, both shanks are parallel in this view. All are twisted in the same
> >direction.
> Brent Mullins says they are all like that, so I conclude that it is a feature
> of the original design.
>
> Best regards,
> Phil Fentress
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