But I tend to believe RobotLady when she says that there are a lot of customers with no motor problems because of her good reputation she has with her customers compared to other dealers that said about the same thing I just figured they where trying to make a big problem look like a very small issue.
Honestly, I don't know what to believe anymore. I know there aren't a ton of these mowers out there. At the same time, I can't believe that I (and others complaining about the motors on these and other forums) could "just happen" to get bad motors. And, even when receiving replacements, them having the same problem.
On top of that, the design of the blade motor doesn't allow for reasonable end user maintenance. With less than 500 hours on my motor and the brushes already wearing out, someone with 2400 hours on their bot must have changed the brushes 4 times already, right? And I don't want to even start ranting about a $500 replacement motor price! Do a quick search on products in the $500 price range and you can't tell me that the R&D, parts, manufacturing, etc. warrant that product costing a consumer $500 and something as simple as these motors, with specs equal to a $50 motor costing us $500. It's like they realize that after they price gouged the heck out of us on the initial investment, we must be stupid enough to spend $500 on a simple motor.
After hearing about the legal dealing between Husqvarna and Zucchetti, it no longer surprises me. Many "knock-offs" tend to use less quality parts without understanding the reason behind the true designers reasons for choosing what they chose. You then play catchup trying to redesign what you stole into a reasonably reliable product.
