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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Whenever you take something apart and put it back together it will always be a little different.
The rule does not say functionally the same, it says modify.
Thus I suggest Q&A ... and I'll almost be willing to bet they'd say that a motor that was disassembled and then reassembled will be considered modified.
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Your reasoning is sound, but I'd like to point out that
FIRST feels that disassembling a custom assembly into COTS parts is (generally) sufficient to restore their COTS status (i.e. they are considered "unmodified"). Does that process work in reverse?