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09-27-17 | 11:37 AM

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I ignored this thread for the longest time, because I understood the major issue was Tern's weld failures.

Are you all telling me this bolt issue causes frame failures too??? Unbelievable. Where is Mark Bickerton when you need him?

[MENTION=17095]sweeks[/MENTION] so there are documented failures of the bolts ( which causes the frame to fail ), and you claim there is a design flaw. How many failures are required to justify a recall? Do you understand more of these will fail over time? It's just a matter of time.

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Yan

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