wouldn't go that far to say they are garbage.look at the tdr crank it not even pressed togher right and i seen u-tube videos where hot-rod crank weren't even trued right, so with that being said i think it all depends on who put the crank togher in their shop, just because it says viteos on the box doesn't mean the same person built all of tehm and welded all of them.maybe i got lucky and had some how know what they are doing put mine togher. because i have nothing bad to say about viteos, plus they are nice over the phone and have no prob trying to help you.