Those pictures of the melted case gives me flashbacks of my 1/8 scale buggy.
How often are you doing maintenance on your DB?
Those bearings on the diff pinion gears are some of the worst culprits in my RCs. It doesn't matter what brand... they, and inner hub/spindle bearings, all seem to...
I can't wait see these things. Desert buggies always get my attention.
I was thinking about turning my RC8.2e into a Nomad DB8, or SC8e, but one little part is on the discontinued list. That little part cannot be found anywhere so I sold my eBug. Really erks me that AE still selling the Nomad...