Yup, I think its either a bad batch or a bad design. 
Ouch, catching it early is always good =)

-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Could be part of a production run, and all had same defect that wasn't 
caught. I saw where engine starter gears were machined 10 on a mandrel 
at a time. one was found with defective machining, it was assumed there 
were another 9 pieces somewhere that had gotten on to assembled engines. 
That was about the only part that isn't tested during the hot test (run 
the engine for 6 minutes on gasoline) since an air motor on the front of 
the crankshaft was. Within an hour the plant manager had dispatched a 
engineer with a test gauge to each of the customers (auto assembly 
plants) to intercept those gears before the plant had back charges for 
swapping engines at the assembly plant, plus the negative publicity and 
statistics. This defect could not have gotten to the consumer, since the 
engine would not start at the assembly plant. This plant built 1400 
engines per 8 hour shift.

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