Originally Posted by
velonomad
To me it looks more like a defect in the casting than a crack. The end of the crack to the top of pic appears to end in a circle. At the bottom end there is distortion in the reflection.
I had a SS seat lug with a similar blemish. I did some dremel work on the area and it disappeared.
Thats really what I'm hoping. Being that it's stainless if I sanded it to see if its a scratch or a crack, then couldn't I simply re-polish it to make it look new again?