Hi Kevin, thanks for testing the FBX!

I believe that Max 9 is older than the current Max version which is Max 2009, is that correct?

I think that for Max 9 you need to update its FBX importer plug-in to the newest version to get rid of some of these problems, you can get the FBX plug-in here:
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/mform?siteID=123112&id=10775855

Sorry I forgot to mention that earlier.

- Michael