Possibly fatigue. There may have been a history of bending and
straightening, or overworking during straightening attempts (oops, bent too
much, back the other way, oops..).
Andrew
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 09:42:23 -0500
> From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxx>
> ...
> Upon applying relatively gentle pressure along the swing of its arc to
> free it from the guide (not yet trying to bend it back into shape) the
> lever fell into two halves. This could only have happened if the lever
> had a pre-existing crack that was almost all the way through. I did not
> notice any crack when I was first inspecting the lever and how such a
> crack could have been there in the first place I haven't a clue.
> However, steel levers don't ordinarily just fall apart.
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