I had been reluctant to "stir the pot" but if there is safety involved then thats whats necesary. An interesting thing happened to us about 3 years ago. As we were moving a car around the shop floor, Our new FR steering shaft broke at the tilt U joint. Granted the engine was off, there was no power assist so there was more load than normal, but its something that should have never happened IMO. I was given the ol' "we have never seen that before" and figure it was an isolated incident. 3 mos later a business 3 doors down from us had the same exact thing happen! He called and was also given the " we have never seen that before" we found the production dates on the steering shafts within the same month. I havent heard of this since,so Im hoping it was isolated incidents in a very short production run, as I havent heard or experienced problems with FR anytime else, but if these parts are made with inferior materials (I have no idea) then I think its something that needs to be brought up.
