Yep that looks pretty nasty, I'll find out tomorrow if I have a simular situation,

it would be nice if they were using a high grade brass pinion gear and a good! steel or stainless ring gear instead of the cast steel stuff.

oh well its all about money and selling parts after the major item purchase to some extent, I understand that, but at the same time there is cheaper material and then there is junk materials and there are flawed cheaper materials, I hope i'm dealing with the latter of these three from here on out and not come to find out that all the critical parts are junk.