Originally Posted by cashs_mom

It depends on how old the part was that broke. If the part that broke was 30 years old, then I'd say it had had a good life. If it breaks again, it will be far down the road. It also depends on why the part broke. If it broke because someone was doing something wrong, then it's not a fault in the part.

It also depends on the machine. I buy high end machines and it seems like you can pretty much repair them forever and they just keep working beautifully. There are too many variables to make blanket statements.