"Peter T. Arnold" <pm7...@comcast.net> writes:

> I wonder what the root cause of the failures is.  These parts are not
> rocket science, probably poor process control during induction heat
> treat of the bearing surfaces.  I'm sure that controlling that is
> difficult & critical for long life.

And difficult == costly.  From what I've read, you can get products made
in China at whatever quality level you want to pay for.  Even at that
you need to do your own QC to be sure you are actually getting what you
paid for.

Allan
-- 
1983 300D

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