Originally Posted by
OptimumRC
I've never had an issue with the rear chassis plate and only replace them when they start to get a little sloppy. I would just call it a weird fluke, and move on with another plastic one. Like you said, I would rather replace that than have to replace arm, hinge pins, chassis or have to replace the aluminum one when it gets sloppy.
Mine wasn't really a fluke. Some wonderful individual kicked my car off the elevated section of our track and it fell backwards landing straight down on the rear left tire. It ripped the hinge pin out of the chassis plate. My son's had fluke written all over it. He actually snapped the chassis plate towards the front of the transmission opening and bent both of the rear Ti camber links. He can't really give me an adequate explanation of how this happened. I'll stick with the dirt cheap AE piece and have a couple extras on hand.