so i figured id let everyone know, rocky mountain just emailed me back aftter i emailed them a pic over the weekend with an explanation asking if they could send me a new one... the head of their customer service "valerie" , who ive dealt with before, is always extremely nice, and said they would send me a new one, for free, as soon as they received my old one in the mail, not bad if you ask me. maybe $5-6 postage to mail them my old one, and i get a new one in return... thats tough to beat, gota love rocky mountain!