[eschaider]

Scott,

In the case of the Cobra I think you may be correct. My underlying problem is there was nothing wrong with the money we paid for these, there should be nothing wrong with the transmission. Or, if there is, the manufacturer should make it right.

When the transmissions were purchased by each of us the expectation was for a properly designed, manufactured and assembled unit. What we have discovered is that they are not! You would not have purchased the piece if you knew it had one of the bearings it required and was designed to use, missing.

The misalignment problem is a variation of the missing bearing problem and I suspect, probably would fall into a 'defect in materials or workmanship (engineering) category' if one or more users were to begin the formal complaint process.

The increduluous part is that a factory authorized distributor would attempt to place blame for the failure on the purchaser. I would think that the manufacturer and the distributor would want to make good as quietly and quickly as possible so as not to draw unwanted attention to the design problem. Quite the opposite has occured.

The handwriting is on the wall for whoever experiences a failure next. Get ready, it is going to be a battle. I think I recall something from the oldest military treatise in the world 'The Art of War' by Sun-Tzu. In his work he teaches that the winning General will pick his time and place of battle to optimize his chance of victory.

I think we should start thinking about our time and place of battle and stop making excuses for the manufacturer, they are quite good at that. It is time to start taking care of ourselves.


Ed