Carry that same logic out a bit further, you are now a prime candidate for an ARM mortgage, you know, like the ones that have just destroyed our economy??? They will tell you that you don't need to read the contract, they've already taken care of it. I can think of maybe 5 million persons who wish they had read contract closer. Most of those "name brand" parts you get are now made in third world countries, you think they care whether your stuff breaks or not? You should do a study on the country of origin printed on those boxes. I have seen $200 ballbearings from take your pick of maker be BONE DRY of lube, also front end parts (Moog, Federal Mogul, TRW!). The Moog said prelubed on the stupid little label but the zerk wasn't in, nor hole even tapped yet. You could see in hole that it was DRY. Front end parts I've seen that are lubed have very little in them, push some grease in one and see how much of theirs comes out. Their grease almost always a different color so you can easily see how much was in there, generally part never full. Grease costs money just like the time to do it. I rebuilt 4 units of a 5 unit printing press I used to run. Last one I was on 2 week vacation, did not see last unit rebuild take place. Other pressman (30+ years) put it together, no grease in Fafnir main bearings because he thought "they already did it" and 2 hours into unit runup it was destroyed because no grease in new bearing. Bearing locked and took out 3 major cyinders and some big gears in damage, total over $50 grand. One of the other new bearings was dry too, it was about to go out. 2 out of 8, the other 6 were greased from factory. I could tell you a very similar story relayed by my brother (night supervisor at Excelon Mountain Creek generating plant) that after a sequenced chain of events cost $10 million dollars in damage, but you get the idea. Ultimately they are NOT responsible for what YOU do with their part after you buy it. In a court case you would bear a certain amount of responsibility for not checking the lube before you used the part. All warranties are on proviso that part is "properly installed" by someone trained to do it. That means you are smart enough to check that. That's not meant to be an insult of course. More like a response to our lawsuit happy society.
