Okay, here is the situation. My AT900T has these hairline cracks near the connection of the frame and the shaft. The exact point is more like between t-joint and the frame. I'll post some pictures later and I'll try my best to point out the cracks. Meanwhile, has anyone encounter something like this?
Here are the pictures... Note: The pictures are very big so I can't attach them. http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/9983/crack01.jpg http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2466/crack02.jpg
I wish it was a thin cut. But the photo is nothing like the real object, I can tell if it's a cut or a crack. I wouldn't freak out if it was a cut~
Great Goodness ! 900T also bow to a Power Smasher like you (for mercy) so frequent till its neck getting a crack. It wont fly off. Just a paint cracked. If crack til paint chipped off itself, then gotta becarefull.....
Hopefully it can keep my smashing at a wildly 500kph....LOL...Just kidding! But I am a heavy smasher....
It's not the first time I've encounter something like this. My Arc10 also has some of these cuts, but it's near the grommets at the t-joint....
If it feels OK, I would assume it is okay.. Sometimes,even small hairlne cracks kan completeley destroy the feel and repulsion from a racket in my experience.. To me the only releant issue would be if it plays like an unbroken, if not, I would just thrrow it in the trash bin.. /Twobeer
IMO, that is just one of the layers of paint job, not even a paint crack or something. every racket has it, you just can't even see it, however, with white or light color (like this one, AT900T) the boarder/end of the paint layer is noticeable BTW, this happens to be at that place where the paint layer ends. as others mentioned, like right on the T joint or close to the T joint, those I think will be the paint cracks.
