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That explanation just isn't possible. Short of breaking something off it, it cannot become out of balance. It's a rotating shaft and a couple pistons. There is no adjustable balancer or something inside that could come loose or move. You would basically have to break a piston off, at which...

I'm aware of that, to which the solution is simply to check the bolts and Loctite them. He's just saying "I know these air compressors break a lot", which simply isn't true. As an aside, few people stop to think about how many cases are needed to start rumors of "known problems", "poor design"...

I don't think there is much evidence to support that statement being true. Even just reading these forums for years shows that we are not getting even infrequent posts of people's air compressors going out. Be careful tossing around phrases like "known problem".