[BC] Clevis photo

[Carl Strathmeyer]

The good news - from recent discussion here, it sounds like the cross-bolt
on a clevis is *supposed* to be bent. That makes me feel a lot better, since
I just found this fitting on the tower of the college station I'm helping
out. I thought the clevis had been deformed by stress and was close to
failure.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cstrathmeyer/4033885874/in/set-7215762251223851
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The bad news - I couldn't figure out why there were fractured remains of an
insulator threaded onto the cable above the clevis. Is the photo showing the
clevis/insulator failure mode some of you have noted?

 

BTW, this is the only clevis on the entire tower. I suspect that means it
was pressed into service as a quick repair for some other failure - maybe
the insulator.

 

--Carl