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Bent Wild Edge Stepp

inarcher711

inarcher711

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I apparently over cammed one of my stepps. Any issues straightening and still using it? I will mark it and only use it as my 1st stepp.


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Can you post a pic?! How bad is it? I try my hardest to cam it over as tight as I can. Can’t inagine bending it! Guess I need to be cautious
 
I’ve bent several over the years. I bend them back and reuse. I’ve noticed no ill effects. If you bent it to the point of creasing the metal I would definitely retire it.
 
I’ve bent them on really hard barked trees where both standoffs don’t get a bite - just one does and all the force is on one. It’s usually happened at night when I couldn’t see great.
 
I talked to Andrew (Wildedgeinc) 3 years ago about this. I had cammed over to hard and bent a couple. He said to just bend them back that they are still good to go. I did as he said and have used them ever since with no problems.
 
I will try to get pics tonight. Didn’t notice any stress, broken weld, etc.
Gonna bring it to work and straighten and go from there. Thanks for the replies!


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I will try to get pics tonight. Didn’t notice any stress, broken weld, etc.
Gonna bring it to work and straighten and go from there. Thanks for the replies!


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kyler1945 said:
If you didn't notice any cracking or creasing, it is probably fine. Remember, it had to get bent to be made.
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Didn’t think of this but I guess your right. Didn’t realize it was as common as it is. Glad to hear there’s no issues.


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Bent stepp is closest to the bottom of the pic.


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it can also happen if you are not careful and run the rope over the top of the standoff, rather than under it. "replying for a friend" lol

I also just bent it back and designated it for the bottom, until I noticed I was using it as my platform yesterday DOH! (I had grabbed the top three steps from the bag because I went back to using my Leverage 3 step sticks to climb)
 
Bent it back at work today. Just checked it. Works like new. Thanks for the replies!


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Well, add me to the I bent the crap out of a WE Step crowd. No idea how I did it. Went to use it this morning and I could not get it to cam over. Then I noticed why. I guess I have to be a bit more careful and not cam it too tight. The only other thing I can think of is that I did not have both legs against a tree the last time while camming it over. I bet if you just have one leg against the tree, it will bend.
 
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