A center link design to fail?

Well I was at my buddies shop and he showed me a center link he just removed from a 2016 2500 Chevy. Know is it me or is this insane? The center you see in the picture has a large hole in it where there was a rubber grommet that the pitman arm bolted to? Is this crazy. My buddy says oh yeah he replaced them all the time!

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Looks like you answered your own question there, hoss.