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At this time im not in possession of said gearbox. I can say (from memory) the bend appeared to be slightly noticible on the upper/middle section of the shell and it's (by eye) around a 5% incline. It doesn't seem like much but when you reach the front end of the upper it's you simply cant overlook it when placed on a level surface.

I've been thinking about the tappet plate/post issue and I can't replicate it with my spare gearbox shell either to the point where a post pops out without some missing shims. Right now I'm wondering if maybe one of us forgot to put in the readjusted shim job before closing it up. Less shims = more movement = possible post falling out of the bushing = teeth misalignment. Ive had tappet plates jump over the shims but it's never done anything more serve than snapping the tapper plate... Never enough to jam up a gearbox or break teeth (unless the broken off/ free floating piece of plastic wedge between some gears). Still the tappet plate is apparently intact.