Amusing to note that, way back up top, when another individual claimed their dropouts became misaligned, your buddy Kontact doubted them:
But when I make the same observation, I am attacked.
I'm afraid you misread that. I was asking if the dropouts failed to align without cold setting under the force of the QR. On most steel frames a properly tightened QR will force the dropouts into temporary alignment, as Shimano intended with 7402 DA 8 speed.