RE: Crystals Failure?
No, this is incorrect. Any change of the transmitter crystal needs to have the the radio retuned. Even if you put in a new crystal on the same channel as your old one it needs to be retuned. This is partially because no two crystals are identical. Because of this the output of the radio needs to be retuned so that it is transmitting on exactly the right frequency and the right output power.
Ken