false and or misleading advertising. get legal on the suckers backside! thatll teach em to be... i cant say it here
i cant see that small 1mm thick washer having been enough to destroy that magnet that way. plus it would be in a different spot what with rotation.
somethings obviously really been in there and had a go. possibly the key for the magnet, having been assembled incorrectly, they just stick to the back of the magnet... i can see the things not only been split apart, but sort of twisted like a potato crisp as well.
hit one with a sledgehammer and see how much damage you can do
pretty tough, them magnets are.
if anything, id say it was the crank itself, had a flaw in the steel that passed all highly stringent qc tests
maybe even dropped and they tried straightening it at one point! just bad luck. bit of imbalance combined with a stressed area...wacka wacka wock!
if it had snapped right at the shoulder on the crank, id say the fillet was too sharp. it didnt
man. ive had $30 refund on a $130 kit because i had a dented tank! tiny lil dent and i sorta felt bad but it wasnt for me so i had to
easier and cheaper to just buy a new motor and sigh a lil bit