reel doctor Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Question for the Pros : I have noticed that one arm on the clevis' is longer than the other side. Is there a certain way it should be installed on the wire. I have always put the long side on wire first. Curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeves Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Seems to me they should be the same. I have found a few over the years that were as you described and I just pitched them thinking they were bent wrong out of the machine. Is it possible you have a bad batch. I can't think of an advantage for them being different lengths. I will look tomorrow when I get out to the shop and double check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 (edited) reel doctor I never paid attention to it before. Just checked 6 different sizes from 3 vendors (all I have in stock). They look the same to me. BTW I'm far away from Pro Edited February 12, 2009 by psv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 @ reel doctor Not a pro' by far , but I also suspect them to be production failures , since I never came across such . In the book "Luremaking" by A.D. Livingston(dealing on all kinds of leadheads and wirebaits) they don't mention such as well , only "stirrup clevises" , "folded clevises" and "quick-change clevises" . But I guess , rigging these with the longer arm towards the blades rear is the better way , since like this the blade can't bind with the shaft . greetz , diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike-A-Pike Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 reel doctor - I've noticed that before with stirrup clevises and I use them so the longer arm is facing the line tie. It seems to help the blade get spinning a little more freely. IMHO As a rule, I don't use the folded clevises. I had a few with the folded ends were crushed (from Herter's - like 25 or 30 years ago) and have avoided the type ever since. Oops; I hope I didn't just date myself too badly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reel doctor Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I appreciate all of your experteze. I looked @ some of the larger clevices I have and they are all the same, but the one's I'm using at the present build , 1/16 & 1/8 oz SB's , One side is longer, and they are not folded . Thank ya'll. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 I started out many years ago with folded clevises , these have obviously been of minor quality , since I have found , that the circular force of bigger blades had deformed them after a while , bending its two wire holes close together . I quickly switched over to stirrup clevises then , had to mailorder them from the USA , since these were not availablle over here these days . greetz , diemai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
