🔍 Key Concepts

• Wire rope eye splice and purpose of forming a temporary eye with clips • Role of a thimble in an eye splice versus the role of wire rope clips • Location of the stress‑bearing (live) end of the rope in each figure

💭 Think About

• In each figure, identify which part of the assembly actually sits inside the loop where the rope bends around the load. What hardware is that, and what is its job? • Ask yourself: what specifically prevents the rope strands at the eye from being flattened or crushed when the eye is loaded—extra clips, nuts, or a shaped metal insert? • Compare all four figures and decide whether that protective part is present or absent in any of them, and whether its position relative to the eye is correct.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which piece of hardware is the thimble (the grooved metal fitting inside the eye) and which pieces are clips (U‑bolt and saddle). • Confirm which section of rope is actually carrying the load (stress‑bearing end) and see how it contacts the hardware at the eye. • Before choosing, check whether the stress‑bearing end ever bears directly on metal edges without a thimble between the rope and the load. If a thimble is always there, consider what that implies about the choices.