Well I must say thanks to "camsna" here and "Moises" at TC Electronics I received my left encoder pot yesterday (plus the 2 outer knobs that were missing) all "Free of Charge" a little while later I removed the old broken encoder and soldered the new one in, ( those things are really soldered in there) snapped the 2 knobs into place, plugged it into the wall , and WOW it all works great now WOOOO HOOOO there is great service , if you know where to look, I got better response here ( that actually got the job done) than from the TC electronics forums ( no respone from ppl that actually are their product users specific ) and their support call numbers
Thanks
Jeff