Hey thanks guys
I actually have a naish smart loop & when fully tensioned, the chicken finger would slide back a bit - leaving barely a cm to lock.... to remedy this I used some " super glue " on the webing to stop it moving, the smiley frown

turned upside down

when i hooked in on the beach - the webbing went brittle & snapped off
I guess valuble lesson is '
dont use Super fix on any webbing'Cheers & thanks again for your help