.......snrf........giggle......sorry....... I resemble that explosion! That was my first day with the clamp....
I recovered all the little washers, but it took some patience to get it all back together. Actually, it took a short walk and some distraction to cool down and get the patience after my first fumbling attempt to reassemble while angry. The adjustment is very stiff when the clamp is new, leading to over-shoot and thus explosion. Once I got it together and then adjusted it at home to suit my Kirk L bracket and plates, I never adjusted it again. Not a stellar design, though I will say that the clamp is very secure. I will say that all of my OTHER clamps are SCREW mechanism clamps.....