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Old 11-20-2009
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The only open body bronze turn buckle failures I have seen have mostly been due to thread issues.

I have however seen closed body stainless turnbuckles fail. This one is but one example..


I will say I have seen far more swage & wire failures than turnbuckles but that may just be coincidence..



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