Originally Posted by
Clemenza
Its clearly the same construction.
Is there much play with your component and is your machine quite noisy. With mine, it does seem that the noise emanates from this part of the underside.
Mine is apart and bone dry right now, but just wiggling the main top shaft back and forth by hand I hear noise from both ends of top and bottom components. Hopefully in the next couple of days I will get the inside cleaned/oiled and run it with a motor.