[BC] Clevis photo

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

This picture shows what sometimes happens to insulators when used with these
clevises, even without extreme stress.
This doesn't look like it's going to fall, but you really ought to get it
cleaned up before some miscreant comes along with tools and works on those
other regular clevises.....
M
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Strathmeyer" <carl at synapseconnections.com>
> 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
> 5/
> 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