Is that how the crank stands now? It's in your possession, and has been returned in one piece? If so, the guy's BS'ing you! It's impossible to tell if it's totalled until it's completely stripped to its component parts, and they're all inspected and measured.

I expect T2R have a good stash of use '88 crank parts, because they have easy access to Yahoo! Auctions, where they come up quite a lot. However, be prepared to pay for the pleasure if they rebuild it/supply spare parts. They have a great reputation though, and superb resources, and if I didn't have other options, I wouldn't think twice about sending Matsumoto-san and the guys my stuff.

I know Performance Engineering don't have many, if any used 1988 spare parts, as the (very) few that weren't rebuildable while I was there were sent back to their respective owners. So if Steve strips your crank and finds the big ends or rods are indeed shot, you'll likely either need to source spares yourself, or write it off (for the cost of the inspection fee, which used to be, and I think still is, £25).

Both T2R and PE will return a duff crank in its component parts only, for the cost of the assessment fee and return postage. You will not get it back all pressed back together. This is for three reasons, the first is it's pointless pressing an unserviceable crank back together (it would cost £300+ in labour alone), second, the outer bearings are destroyed removing them, and third, to prevent any unscrupulous shylocks from trying to pass off a crank as "it came out of a running bike" to some unsuspecting buyer. (Seen it happen!)

In respect of the above, PE is significantly cheaper than T2R, but T2R has the advantage of probably having spares if required.
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