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hank

December 14, 2010 12:23PM

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Tomstp Wrote:
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> Take the rod to a shop with a large press and
> straighten it.

Not sure I'd trust it to carry the forces on it afterwards. Bending the metal that much twice 80 years apart + the age of the rod could, I'm guessing, result in a dangerously weak section. Better, if not cheaper, to fabricate an entire new rod you could be sure of.

hank

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