John,
When a safety critical situation arises it is surely of the utmost importance that the matter is dealt with quickly.
If we assume that Marlin now see the situation as serious enough to issue this notice then 'isolated' incident or not, they should have made exhaustive inspections at the time.
If they did and decided it was truly a safe part then they should stand by that now and be happy with the design/workmanship.
I appreciate that the new design wishbone is due to a design upgrade relating to a component change, but the old part is either up to the job or it isn't.
ONE failure unless it can be proved to be due to mechanical damage post-fitment, should, in my opinion, be enough to bring about recall for inspection.
I'm sure 'the-powers-that-be' would consider this sort of incident as a reason to make building our own cars far more bureacraticaly difficult, if not illegal.
That may be OTT and maybe a bit knee-jerk, but can we AFFORD to be complacent??
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