Contact Motiv. They had some problems with the early run GT-1s and they sent replacement balls that had the problem corrected. I encourage you to call them and see if anything can be done. They are about as customer friendly a company as it gets.

...wait til Justin sees this topic, he will be able to give you some insite hopefully.

It's the same type crack. Starts on the edge  ( or in my case you can see razor like separations from several of the NeoMark letters and the cover) and eventually leads to cracking ( like what you have pictured).

It's probably going to keep me from any future Motiv purchases too (still have 4). 

 

 

Edited by Leroy Taylor on 1/12/2012 at 5:54 PM

 Gotta get my penneys worth in too. Ball cracking does happen to all brand manufacturers. I loved my SX1 as much as anyone else. It cracked last year all the way around from thumb to fingers. just not in a straight line from outline of the M logo. I had several balls crack on me from certain ball makers that cracked after only a couple of months. Yes, they did get replaced by each manufacturer.

 As far as MOTIV equipment goes they are second to none. I have my family hooked on them. a few friends have bought a few after they have been Motivationally lectured of their past relationship and strong support of big "B". These people are new soldiers for Motiv nation. So don't learn to hate. Motivate.

 

 

Leroy get a life , dont put down bbe just because u dont agree with what this guy says

bbe is fine and apparently u dont spend any time there or you would know the lameness of

the drivel you are spilling on this topic, but i will agree with u that there seems to be a seperation

between the lettering the cover causing the cracks my primal did the same thing. but motiv will

do everything they can to make it right. if u think this isnt the case contact motiv yourself and

and see first hand how the handle business there. its funny to me to see people here talking trash on the bbe

site yet u wont find any threads there bashing ballreviews.  i belong to both sites and enjoy both

but i just think down talking bbe is a joke and doesnt make this site look any better by you doing so.

 

OH BLAH BLAH BLAH!  really ??  your so intellectually superior to me and im just gonna run right out

and kill myself as ive just realized that you are the center of the universe and my life is now over. thanks for nothing.

Leroy,

I work in an industry that uses over 100 different blends of resins for industrial uses. Most people really don't understand / realize that resins used on the bowling balls act like a rubberband on a softball. A rubberband is made up of essentialy the same resins only slightly different for the basic use of keeping a news paper wrapped. Over time those same resins will tend to shrink. Rubberband on a softball even at a controled temperature environment will show shrinkage even after a year. It may not break. Nor will it go back to its original size. When the chemicals and resins used to pour over a core are not adequately blended to account for shrinkage. Then what you get is a ball that will seperate. Your ball merely shrank. The least amount of resistance to seperate for this to happen was at the M. I have / had a Roto Cell that looked like Crypton ready to implode. that cover shrank, pulled the inner core apart and cracked in 5 pieces.

So, I am quite positive that the engineering that goes into produceing your future pin killer will still happen in future releases. Just not in great numbers. Motiv will replace those when they do. My Dad has the TX1. No cracks.