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chris95040 · 07-10-2016, 12:42

I just received my shiny new S-120 spade anchor. I'm not sure I put everything together A-OK and would love a second opinion!

I only used little 8" long wrenches, but was surprised to see that everything had deformed a bit when I was done cinching it up. Looks like the bolt bent a skootch to match the non-parallel faces of the mortise. I also note that there is still a little bit of fore+aft motion possible between the shank and the fluke, if I set the anchor upright and wrestle it a bit. Normal?

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(Note, I "upgraded" the fastening. Rather than just use the one nylock nut, I first installed a regular nut, then followed up with the nylock. I used seizing wire rather than the hitch pin. I also used locktite-blue, both where the stainless washers contact the galvanized anchor, and for the nuts.)

Hydra · 08-10-2016, 04:12

I'm very far from my Spade S80 anchor at the moment but I don't remember noticing any possible movement between the shank and the fluke.

Alain

chris95040 · 08-10-2016, 06:14

I was a bit surprised with how sloppy the fit was. Once tightened it seems to only allow a very slight motion, and maybe thats expected with this sort of assembly, but I'd definitely like to know that for certain...