I am happy to see that there was no misconception in your mind. However the general consensus was mislead and there were several statements that were made unknowing. There is a huge difference between having unshielded, exposed ball bearings and shielded bearings. There has not been a case in which our bearings have had any issues in the several hundreds of sets installed and used through out the world over the passed 2 1/2 years in existence regardless of the conditions and rain does not constitute total saturation of the bearings or arm. The use of the shielded bearings is not a flaw and has proven very effective. A design flaw is something that causes the part or product to function incorrectly and is potentially dangerous. Any reserves about the use of our shielded bearings can be absolved by our 100% backing of our product if a bearing wear to prematurely wear. (To this date there has been none) hence the cliché: "don't fix it if it’s not broken". However, if there are enough requests for the sealed bearings, it is something that I will consider changing in our next production run. Thanks you for your input. It will always be taken into consideration.
Sincerely Charles Park POWERTRIX Performance & Styling Office 858-566-5060 Mobile 619-944-6055