Originally Posted by Psimet2001

BF inside joke.

OP - crank is fine. One of the reasons that Shimano cranks shift so well is because they actually take the time to engineer the teeth, lift pins and ramps to actually facilitate the chain coming up on to the ring. Often imitated - never duplicated.

If you would prefer all of the teeth to look the same then I am sure someone would gladly trade you a POS crank for your DA one. I am sure I have a few laying around if you'd like to switch.