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Originally Posted by MRX37
Mmmmm hmmmm...
I fixed a car door that fell off because the bolt between the two hinges had been designed with the center much thinner then the rest of the bolt. There was no reason I could find for this choice in design, other then eventual planned breakage. A 25 cent bolt from the hardware store fixed that, and it's still working fine. Lord knows how much the dealership would have charged, and they would have of course used another bolt designed to fail after a few years.
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It's tough to figure out what you're talking about, but it sounds like you are describing a "hinge pin", and the reason it was thinner in the center was likely because it was worn out! Is this the $500 T-bird you're always griping about?
As to the CRT failures, it's quite likely they made a production change for one reason or another (either cost, production speed, or new material) and it didn't go so good in the long run. Happens all the time.
Seriously, what kind of sense would it make to purposefully design a CRT that fails after 3-years? Not very likely you'll get a return customer!
You think a conspiracy makes more sense?