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LoL @ you guys.
In hindsight, I should have run the bronze bushings. At least those wouldn't fill with melted plastic.
You had a failed bearing in it to start with, that's where your heat came from. Even if the gear rubs the gearbox case, it wont generate the heat like a bad bearing will. Bearing seized, it spins in the gear and on the shaft, heats the shaft, and....... that's what you get.
Its time for a nice blue motor plate!