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Modified suspension auto parts? Hope that you have good products/liability insurance --- When I had mu shop downtown, this would have been a job that I would turn away.
The legal exposure exists regardless of whether you are a "downtown" shop or not and friendship extends only just so far in the event of a catastrophic accident, especially with 3rd parties involved. I may have missed a few dollars here and there, but I never had a claim or lawsuit in my 35 years in business.It's for a good friend and I'm not a shop. He's already broken several. We're trying some different material to see if these will hold up better. Also, this is not a daily driver, it's primarily for autocross which is as safe a motorsport that there is.
Another example of why I try to discourage purchase of inserts on eBay unless you have a way of verifying authenticity. Full packs especially should raise a red flag. Those "Mitsubishi MMT11ER AG60" you mentioned you purchased on eBay are not made by Mitsubishi as best I can tell. According to Mitsubishi published information, they do not make an "11" sized (1/4" I.C.) AG60 insert for external threading.Conclusion: It's the insert.
I worked for Dad in his job shop in the early 90's, we refused any auto work that came by. The only thing we would do is trailer hitches on commercial vehicles. They had the budget to over build everything we touched and we never had a problem. I wouldn't even consider doing it these days.The legal exposure exists regardless of whether you are a "downtown" shop or not and friendship extends only just so far in the event of a catastrophic accident, especially with 3rd parties involved. I may have missed a few dollars here and there, but I never had a claim or lawsuit in my 35 years in business.