Thread: Broken Lifter
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Old 10-04-2009, 10:27 PM
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Considering that the major load is forcing the roller up into the body, I would guess that the press fit of the shaft into the body was excessive, and as a result left a microscopic crack at the time of assembly. The crack propagated under stress (vertical vibration).
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