F**K YOU TAIWANESE/CHINESE MADE JUNK

Ant said
Well oops! It's made in Taiwan, but I'm sure people will say Taiwan and China are the same thing, which is somewhat true I guess. I changed the title, just incase.

Anyway, it took me 30 seconds with the rotory tool to fix the issue and now the stat fits perfect in the recess.

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We will see how the cheap water neck holds up over time.

I will fully admit I might do the same thing, but the issue with doing it this way is that Summit never finds out their part is wrong.

While a pain in the ***, the better bet would be to return it. That way, the problem gets noted. Maybe one return doesn’t change stuff, but a bunch of returns might. Summit did after all stop selling Speedmaster parts after their recent snafu with copying other companies parts without permission.

Like I said, I’m guilty too, I’ve totally modified parts rather than return them because it was faster and got me back on the road.

69hemibeep said
Throw it away.

Better to send it back and make the manufacturer eat the cost.