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Cracked Carabiners 7-Jan-2009 At 4:38:23 PM JamesMc

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On 7/01/2009 mikl law wrote:

>It looks like a rolling defect in the sheet that was drawn into bar. if
>the crack has only opened up due to corrosion it would have passed the
>initial inspection. I'd guess the strength would drop by 60%. After you've
>looked at it i may beble to test it.

Mike,
I really don't see much point in testing these crabs. They have cracks so they're no good. More informative to hear the manufacturer's response. Like if they say they're too old, then I'll want to know the expected lifetime.

You're welcome to have my old cracked Chouinards to play with. (There's no point sending them to BD as they'll just say they were made by someone else.) PM me your address and I'll post them. Actually we could take bets on your 60% estimate.

JamesMc