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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>Do they always
end up twisting in the same direction?</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">yes</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>One thought is
that if you burn the shanks for straightening at the initial
installation and >you hold the heat gun, say, in your right hand,
you might be heating one side of<br>
>the shank more than the other which might create some unequal
tension in the</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">>shank that might
play out over the period of a few weeks or months.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">Burning-in is done
with an alcohol flame from underneath the shank. There
are</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="-4" color="#000000">never many needing
this at installation. And why doesn't the bass
twist???</font></div>
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Jon Page</div>
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