I'm glad you did but I wasn't really trying to minimize your point. To me it seems like 98% of Menards customers don't have an issue with the whine. It's come up here in the forum before, but not often and not in a widespread fashion. You are one of the few who have highlighted it.
I'll say it a different way. They, and other retailers and manufacturers, can't design products to cover every possibility, especially when there's little demand. At one time such overdesign didn't have a big price tag but it has in our hobby for at least the last 60 years.
$80.00 in today's market, with shortages and inflation rampant, is peanuts for what you get.
With all of this in mind most people are happy with it, whine and all.
You're asking for too much at this price point. To eliminate the whine would cost Menards big bucks, to be passed on to you and to all the others who don't have a problem with it. Since they outnumber you 49 to 1, and they're likely to stop buying because the fix will be too expensive for them, Menards isn't likely to upgrade future production.
However I do wish you luck finding a 'fix'. It will certainly help the others who have spotted the same issue and have the same problem with it.
Mike
