ORIGINAL: brewski
Mine was the same way. I would feel like I got a bad one if it was not tight. I had to send it back because of the front bearing being bad but turned out to be the case overbored for the bearing seat. I never got a replacement. It has been backordered for 8 months now. What is up with that?
Yup Tower Engines are manufactured in the same plant that SuperTigre and GMS engines are all made in.
Apparently after the acquisition of GMS and ST, the plant went through some major retooling.
This cased parts and new engines to be delayed, due to the ripple effect it has.
I've written and talked to Tower reps several times on this and they tell me that they are at the mercy of the plant deliveries.
They also said that the manufacturer is under a lot of pressure to get this stuff in this and next month as Tower is going into their prime time for RC.
I have had an engine and some parts on order since October of last year.
Their new catalogs shows all of these engines for sale so I'd expect that will suddenly start shipping the backlog...