[Y-Blockhead]

Originally Posted by Keith True

I guess I never thought anybody would try to bend a piece of spring steel in an expanse with a hole in the middle.But,if nobody ever told you,or you didn't spend a lifetime learning it the hard way,you just wouldn't know not to do that.I can never get it through my head the people that are,lawyers,doctors,office workers,or a thousand other things where they never did this kind of stuff until they went into a hobby playing with mechanical things.You would need to support that thing to the side of the hole.and squash down on it on the meat away from the hole and support.That didn't break because of the quality of the steel,that broke because you crushed it down at it's weakest point.I've done dozens of those things for most all makes of cars and trucks,never broke any.

Well, EXCUSE ME...

I was not pressing where the hole is, just north a couple of inches. I don't see how I could have supported the hole with the bend being that close.

I should have taken the time to heat it.

At any rate, maybe someone can learn from my "mistake".