---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment > I removed >the action and found that those idiotic little flanges had itty-bitty >projections molded into them to hold the center coil of the spring. I >mean thin and tiny and barely long enough for the coil. Designed for speed of assembly rather than mechanical integrity, apparently, or they would have just duplicated the wooden flanges in plastic. I like all the molded in holes and channels. I presume these are for shrinkage and warp control as the part cooled coming out of the injection mold. How brittle is the plastic now? Does the flange shatter when you squeeze it with pliers - or maybe you'd rather whack one with a really big hammer? >Now they must pay to replace all the damper flange/spring assemblies >with good ol' Schaff 514W's in hard rock maple. So be it. We've all paid for someone else's bad judgement, or done without, just like others have paid for ours, or done without. Ron N ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 11/27/2003 ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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