On 31 Mar 2005 12:38:53 -0800, wrote:

I'd have some concern about whether the steel,
stressed beyond its yield point in being bent,
retains enough of its origional strength to be used.

I used to do a bit of sailing, and if you bent the "turnbuckle"
"screws" on the shrouds (trailerable boat), you could count on it
breaking in heavy weather whether you used it bent or tried to
straighten it. These were 300 series stainless, probalby 303.

It was "always" the non-wire attached one that bent, and they were
reasonably inexpensively replaceable.

I would NOT use it after it was bent.