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Best micro cam 12-Jun-2009 At 11:51:04 AM Paul

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On 11/06/2009 one day hero wrote:
>On 11/06/2009 ajfclark wrote:
>>Further down the page he pulls apart the failed green and shows the old
>>axle design and so on. It looks like this particular failure mode is
>somewhat
>>related to that axle design so I'd say no.
>>
>>I do know a few people that still have u-stem camalots around though
>and
>>for them this is applicable.
>
>Bullshit! I have the model that was blown up in that test, it says clearly
>on the tag 12kN! Therefore if they can't hold what they claim to, Black
>Diamond should be held accountable to the same standards as CCH. You can't
>let them off the hook with "that was 10yrs ago, doesn't count"

It would be interesting to know what effects age, use and shockloadings can have on the strength of the metal components? Any engineers out there who can shed some light on this?