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Hey Tyler! I really didn't stop in to whine and cry, just stopping in to say hi to all the Banshee die hards! I think you hit the nail on the head though regarding "cheap Banshee owners". It is a fact the Banshee has been out of production a long time, so people now see it as cheap horsepower....key word....'cheap'..... There is nothing wrong with that, but the pennies just got tighter and tighter. But as a point of reference that might help people understand, most billet impeller shafts are being made with TG&P bar. That is "turned, ground, polished". That is basically a long rod that is 'centerless ground'. Because other features need machined, they used a softer bar so they could actually machine it, and the word "stainless" in many people's mind means "better".....In many applications, it is NOT! Anyone buying or making 'stainless' head bolts? No..... and there is a reason. In my career, I want to make the 'best', not 'cheaper than the other guy'. The OEM impeller shaft works just fine! The issue was that plastic head, and for several reasons. Some here might recall that we started building a replacement press-on impeller head to save the customer money. The problem was we had a massive influx of calls asking for a shaft because their aftermarket one was toast. So we dug in. What we came up with was the right solution IMO. I am not going to detail how we do anything, but that shaft was about 10x more wear resistant, and 3x stronger than any stainless shaft, plus it was center ground, so concentricity was on point. There were probably about 10x steps and several processes to make that shaft, compared to China's ONE. In hind sight, we maybe should have focused on 'cheaper', but I don't like call backs or failures. We had many side covers inhouse to try to predict the OEM tolerances, but we wanted that pump running tight for a reason. There was actually (still is) a rev2 on the books....where it will stay. In short, we can move WAY more water. But as an aside, China is continuing to destroy America and I don't think people really see it. They steal and copy technology daily. Then sell it right back to the people they stole from! I could write pages of documented theft from the biggest corporations in America! If you won't send them a print, they will hack your company files and get prints that way! Going WAY beyond our silly Banshee parts, China is working to disassemble America. They are doing it with TikTok and other platforms as well as continuously steal. What I suspect happened with our drive gear is a guy up North thought he would be smart and send one to China. They hacked out some copies for him, followed shortly by parts direct from China. There is a reason we will NEVER send our stuff to China. This the scam that people don't understand. But anyway, merry Xmas bishes!!!😁 B