Originally Posted by
Autocratic
What is it that y'all are doing so wrong that you're bending motor plates?
I can recall some really bad crashes and my Avid is still perfectly straight. Had for several months now.
Crashing constantly?
Honestly the more I look at the AE design, which is simply to take the check stamped stock part and remove material from one side, the less I like it and the more prone to bending I realize it is. I haven't seen and Avid motor mount (yet) but I assume they do NOT start with a stamped piece of aluminum but rather CNC from AL Billet from the start. They then make their vent/lightening cuts clean through the part thus not making the part uneven in terms of internal stresses and take it a step further by NOT machining groves all the way down to the motor mating area. The Avid part is slightly heavier and is no doubt just a stronger part.