A5 Ratchet

no one from tippmann checks the the forums?  Thats kinda lame, dontcha think?  

I have owned three A5's and they are great markers.  Built like a tank and can really take the abuse of a harsh day in the woods.  The only problem that I have found with them is the ratchet mechanism in the cyclone.  It is the weak link in the design of the marker.  Now, I know that the original cyclone had a hard plastic ratchet and that it basically turned the cyclone into a blender.  The "fix" was to replace the ratchet with a softer "rubber like" ratchet.  This allowed some give in the mechanism, to not snatch the paintball too fast and not rupture the ball.  The problem with this is that when the ratchet wears out, it is difficult to replace, (if you have one) and takes time to get right.  Why not just make the ratchet out of the original hard plastic and make the cyclone feeder arms out of a softer rubber?  What this does is make the cyclone bullet proof.  There would be no parts to wear out, no parts to replace.  Making the feeder arms out of the softer rubber still gives the "flex" that is needed and your cyclone does not stop working in the middle of a day at the field.  I have been working on this problem and have found a way to cast the arms in a soft rubber, but the ratchet is a bit more complicated to cast.  Which is the reason that I am posting this thread.  If I could make the ratchet myself, I would.  Is this something that is being worked on, or is tippmann just gonna sell replacement ratchets?