I can take a picture of the cushions and post it later, they didn't look worn but I wouldn't know what worn cushions look like.
The cheap screws had to have had something to do with it too, they were raised heads, they didn't sitt down in the plate like the factory ones and I think they might have been hitting something as it rotated, breaking them off,
I just found out that the jugs and head I got with the bottom end were not on the bottom end of this motor. neither the head, jugs or bottom end were ever part of one motor. All purchased separately on craiglist and then sold to me together.