Old 01-11-23, 11:02 AM
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daka
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I'm going to swim upstream against the general opinion here and suggest that the cup was damaged during the forming/manufacturing process and was installed in the hub anyway either by automation or an inattentive operator. Most of those radial cracks don't even reach the area where the bearings run. No heat-related discoloration either.
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