My Raptor SD 48 deck started loosing the yellow powder coating in big chunks. I called my dealer and Hustler sent them a new deck. It seems they had a problem with a run of decks and my machine was one of the ones in the bad batch. I just picked it back up today and you couldn't ask for better customer service. It only took them about 10 days, to get the new deck in and my dealer installed it at no charge to me. I now have a brand new deck and my guy said Hustler has a new process and no one has had any problems with the powder coating using the new procedures. If any of you have problems with your deck powder coating, you should contact our dealer and see if your serial numbers match the bad batch.