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Gene,

The hassle is really just me mulling over and over whether I (I'm a rocket scientist) I think Tremec is incapable of ever making a bad gear (I know you and supposedly also Tremec say the gear is not bad) and if I'd be unlucky enough to get the bad gear, and if I'd get a fair investigation if I thought a failed gear might be bad. I can tell you that in the real world (not aftermarket toy-car stuff) we would do a lot more than just look at a gear that failed before we'd assign a cause. I employ many metallurgist types that use SEM and other techniques to look at fractures before I jump to a conclusion about a source of a failure. I just do not have time to deal with any company that I have any questions about.

And as far as heresay goes, I was referring to your description of the Tremec rep and what he had to say about all this. Since the Tremec rep has not posted the results of his analysis, all his statements are heresay provided by you...

I have to agree with several folks here who have indicated that they would be concerned about a philosophy of requiring the customer to prove the fault lies with the supplier. If Tremec would send a written failure analysis report, stating the methods utilized and the results of this wethods (other than "I looked at it and this is my opinion"), I'd be more inclined to not be worried.

All in all, I'll go with a supplier that I have not heard of problems with.