Is this poor manufacturing

[Joe Henderson]

Dear Ribbony,

I may be wrong, but that does not look like one of the Ronstan turnbuckles you mention in a previous post.

If so, and you have chosen other than Ronstan, you may have fallen into a classic "Price Versus Quality" trap.

I feel for you.

The only thing to do is approach the vendor with your concerns.
Do not be fobbed off with "It will ride down with wear" or other excuses. It probably will, but the toggling action will be compromised.

That being said, and if they are the brand I suspect they are, there are thousands of those fittings on boats around the world and they fail very rarely.

Somewhat in defence of the manufacturers, is surprisingly difficult to reliably punch and bend toggle plates with any consistency. Material avalability, tolerances, die wear and designer and operator idiocy all come into play (pardon the pun).

If you want a further source of irritation, have a look at the clearance in the clevis pin holes and then have a look at the squareness of the axis of the pins to the long axis of the turnbuckle!

Take care that your efforts to complete the manufacturing process ("pushing and even levering") do not damage the chrome and enable the vendor to say " Well you have mucked about with it, we can not take it back now"

As general advice, a sound plan when purchasing materials and components, rather than getting the whole thing complete from a rigger, is to gain a working knowlege of what you want to do, carry out some research into available replacement parts, listen to people you feel you can trust, and then go out and buy the best quality items you can find.

You have been advised as such, but not in as many words in replies to your recent posts.

As an aside, and further to previous exchanges, did you inspect your chainplates?

Are they servicable?

Regards,
Joe Henderson.