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Dear RepairmanJack,
Hope you're well. This matter is very clear. As I noted in my first post, the steel is thinner than that used in the first version. The steel likely is also insufficiently hardened. These defects are design and/or processing defects, and so not likely limited to a single unit. At best, a whole batch of these tools share the defect. At worst - if the steel's hardness specification is simply wrong - all of these tools are junk.
Using thinner steel makes critical proper hardening. Had the original tool's steel been softer-than-specified, the metal's thickness might still have allowed normal use, i.e., with a crank bolt torqued properly and not corroded. Such a defective tool might only have failed, with an over-torqued crank bolt and/or one badly corroded. These conditions are not common.
IPD should be able to find out - quickly - the hardness specification and to have tested some of these tools. If these tools meet the specification, then all of the tools are defective: the hardness specification needs to be changed. If these tools are not as hard as specified, all are defective and should be scrapped.
I can confirm that the original version worked perfectly on a '95 940 (non-turbo).
In any case, you're due a full refund, inclusive of shipping.
Hope this helps.
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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