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That is their stated policy, but do we know if it has ever been challenged legaly, indeed, is there, in fact, a legal challenge when a known faulty design of part is replaced with another of the same type, when a better part is subsequently in use?

Easily justified by the inconvenience of the failure.

I cant do any warrenty work.as i am all alone in kuwait & there is no dealer here..does anyone know on how to install the centa..is it a direct bolt on part?my m3w has maybe 2000kms..i wont be able to drive it till october..its too hot..but i just ordered the urban cooling kit & will get it polished & ready

Thanks guys
Got the beast back today.
Feels good, cooling fan upgrade well worth it. feels tighter and they must have done an upgrade engine mapping wise. feels smoother. NVH kits comes with new chassis and all appears very civilised. Brand new Spax shocks also fitted at no cost. Centa drive which was already fitted to my 3w is now smoother with no vibration at the moment. New bevel box was fitted also and is reasonably quiet. still has some backlash. Joy cut short by rain storm but can't wait for the weekend.
Morgan have been more than as good as there word with me. I just hope this sorts out the 3W for good. I want this to work for all of us and Morgan. Fingers crossed. Hope to lots of you guys now I'm back on the road.

Matty - what do you mean x "backlash"?

Q8 the Centa drive fits inside the original Bell housing - its the internals which are so v different. Its an engine out job tho!

"the Centa drive fits inside the original Bell housing"

I assume you don't mean actual bellhousing, but the elongated ali. casing that is bolted between the bellhousing and the back of the engine?

I'm not being pedantic, just making sure we are all able to identify the correct part. I was unaware that the Centa drive unit fitted inside the existing case, which is why there is more work to do, hence the extra charge.

Yep it fits inside the original Compensator housing. look to me like nothing changes on the outside of the housing. Hope this helps.

Well on overrun, change down to second or first for a slow corner and when I release the clutch I've always had an intermittent clunk. feels like slack in the bevel box but I suppose if that was the case you would feel it in any gear clutch used or not.
Trouble is any issues anywhere in the drivetrain tend to transmit anywhere. does that make sense?

Okay guys, here's another Dan post...

Way back when I bought a new 2004 Nissan Titan 4x4 pickup truck, it was a new product line for '04. You know what they say, don't buy a first year vehicle, but this truck was kick butt and had an awesome Rockford Fossgate 13 speaker with sub system. Other than the lack luster economy, about 12 mpg, the truck was a very nice and dependable truck, and did I mention the kick butt factory sound system???

Well very early on Nissan found out they had undersized the front rotors and calipers. The rotor warped badly and the brake would vibrate back through the pedal, they called this brake judder. Anyway they came out with all sorts of letters etc about the problem, but the fix was not handled very well.

If you had brake problems, and everyone eventually did, it was required that you go through three (3), yes three rotor turnings and new pads BEFORE they would upgrade you to new larger rotors and calipers.

So you had to go in three times for a "fix" and then wait for the final good parts to be installed. Luckily the final fix did a good job and we had no problems afterwards.

Back in '08 thru about '12 with Harley and their compensator issues, if you had a problem you got the same comp put back in. When they came out with their new SE (Screamin' Eagle) performance comp, you still got the old one under warranty. This was even after they started to put the SE comps on their CVO production bikes. Eventually if you yelled load enough to the factory they would do a special allowance and do the upgrade for you. I've read of many guys having to PAY to have the SE comp put in under warranty to replace an old style comp.

Lucky or not, I've not had any comp issues and my bike is now out of warranty. So at some point I'm figuring I'll have to cough up the money to do a new SE comp.

For right now, this seems very similar to MMC and their policy of replacing with the same undersized crap that won't last.