Originally Posted by
Newbie Rc Guy
To my knowledge the only time I've seen the rear ball stud mount in plastic was for the 1st version of the B5m. Both my T5m and sc5m came from the factory with an aluminum one. With the amount of force added with the length of arms and wheel size on a truck. I could never see the plastic ball stud mount holding up. Ball studs would pull out or even break the plastic.
That's probably where it came from then, cause it broke on a small jump and normal looking landing. I have a new alum. one on the way so thanks for the info as I have never seen it in plastic at all.