Just figured I would report back. I took the carrier and threw it as FAR as I can into the desert. Then I took the Harbor Freight extractor set and did the same thing. I feel much better now.

By the way the Allen broke when I was trying to put it back together. Everything came apart just fine, but the set screw simply would not screw in properly. This is not a case where I used to much Loctite. Guess Losi will get me for another $90.