Anyone Heard of Youngs?

chris crash ok stop now, put the blow tourch and the hammer, and wood down.

1 when you heat steel not high enough to heat treat it you weaken it.

2 it has allredy been bent past its tinsel strength, and thefore weakened

3 it has been bent like that for a long time and due to steels memory you will have to bend it back way past its tinsel strength again, weakening it further.

take it to some one with the proper tools, removing and replaceing a seat stay is not that labor intensive, though it may be a bit ore difficult on a brazed frame, as i have only done welded ones

you took the words right out of my mouth