Spring Shackles

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Frankie
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Spring Shackles

Post by Frankie » Wed Oct 18, 2017 3:18 pm

I bought these spring shackles many years ago. I recently looked at them and it appears that the legs are at slight angles to each other. Is this normal or are they defective?
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Re: Spring Shackles

Post by Ralph » Wed Oct 18, 2017 5:03 pm

They are made that way.
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Re: Spring Shackles

Post by m3bobby » Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:25 am

They are correct, don't straighten them as someone on the forum did.
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