other than this little spot these housing are perfect. i want to know if its useable.

 

Is youre housing chipped in that area?
If it is I would not use it. If that is chrome
flaking Id say your ok. Just my opinion.

 

that is a pretty big flake off in the first pic, you could use it but it will not produce as much compression as a good housing with minimal flaking.

in short, yes you could use it but if you can get your hands on one better i would suggest that.

 

imo... use it
put the triangle seal on the other side though

 

i would say itz uasable, but i wouldent use, i would look for somthnig better, like karack says you would loose a decent amount of compression thru that

 

it would build more compression with it in the original groove.

 

eh? explain. i want to know why it would....
it loosk like in the original position with the centrifugal force, ti would jsut toss that triangle piece into that chip, back up, tearing that thing out in no time...

 

I'd find a better housing. I agree that it is usable, I wouldn't use it if it were mine.