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Old Apr 29, 2020 | 03:50 PM
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Does any one have any experience w/ these ? Mid USA # 60264
Ordered the fuel moto ones and received these . They in no form or fashion look to be as good a product as the ones I expected [fuel motos were advertised w/ the cam bundle] & quite frankly am beyond pissed as they never bothered to ask if I'd mind a substituted part .
If any the experienced builders here have had good results or bad using them please enlighten me as I've solely used the S&S or fuel moto ones in many builds as they are race proven products .
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Does any one have any experience w/ these ? Mid USA # 60264
Ordered the fuel moto ones and received these . They in no form or fashion look to be as good a product as the ones I expected [fuel motos were advertised w/ the cam bundle] & quite frankly am beyond pissed as they never bothered to ask if I'd mind a substituted part .
If any the experienced builders here have had good results or bad using them please enlighten me as I've solely used the S&S or fuel moto ones in many builds as they are race proven products .
Thanks in advance for any input
well the name 'Bender' alone doesn't instill much confidence did you at least give them a chance to explain first?
 
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yes I called immediately . A Mid USA # set off the alarms more than the Bender name . All that sales said was they were out of their brand & substituted these . Not a single call nor e-mail about a substitution tho , when both are on the orders .
**** like this puts a customer in a corner , either run w/ it because of your schedule or return the whole order & spend the $ else where on a proven product .
 
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Originally Posted by mucyou
Does any one have any experience w/ these ? Mid USA # 60264
Ordered the fuel moto ones and received these . They in no form or fashion look to be as good a product as the ones I expected [fuel motos were advertised w/ the cam bundle] & quite frankly am beyond pissed as they never bothered to ask if I'd mind a substituted part .
If any the experienced builders here have had good results or bad using them please enlighten me as I've solely used the S&S or fuel moto ones in many builds as they are race proven products .
Thanks in advance for any input
We were substituting these for a couple weeks while we were sold out of our FM pushrods. We call before we ship them however if we did not get an answer back or return phone call they may have shipped them rather than holding the order and I apologize. They are of very good quality however we do have the FM EZ pushrods back in stock as of today and are more than happy to get them to you ASAP with a return tag for the ones you recieved.
 
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Old Apr 29, 2020 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by mucyou
Not a single call nor e-mail about a substitution tho , when both are on the orders .
**** like this puts a customer in a corner , either run w/ it because of your schedule or return the whole order & spend the $ else where on a proven product .
As of an hour ago we now have the FM pushrods back in stock. Not putting you in a corner, we're happy to send you the FM pushrods with a return tag for the ones you recieved.
 
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I'll vouch for the phone call from Fuel Moto. They called and asked me before they shipped them. I'm not to crazy about the fact that I don't see a hex or flat on the threaded end to hold it while you lengthen the pushrod like the FM push rods had. I'm wanting to get the bike back together this weekend, so looks like I'll find out if they are any good.
 
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So wish they would have offered this when I called & thank you very much . I sent the order # to your e-mail in your sig
 
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Just want to be clear that we stand behind behind these products 100%, if you are not 100% happy we will swap pushrods without question. Due to a few reasons we were sold out of our FM EZ Quick Install pushrods for a couple weeks, these are are made here in Viola, WI. We've found the most functionally similar pushrod to ours is the Bender Cycle pushrod, these are made in Ohio, we've used these in-house and they are very good quality. As noted earlier we now have the FM pushrods back in stock and expect to be fully stocked from here forward, and if anyone would like to swap out we're happy to do so.

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I have them in my build. They are stout and solid. I thought the Benders were great products.
 
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