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Old 08-04-2008, 05:12 AM
Barry_R Barry_R is offline
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I'm just gonna make sure I beat this item into the ground....

Those 40 year old rods are a grenade waiting to go off.

Metal fatigue is real, and those rods were the Achille's heel of the FE back in the day. They have not gotten any better. I can't count the number of FEs I have seen with windows in the pan rail from rods letting go.
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