Originally Posted by OffRoadJunkie

Here are the pictures you requested. There are no signs of wear. I wiggled it to see if there was any slop and there wasn't any. I guess Kyosho must be using a better material that what you have seen from those other shafts. As you can see by the heavy debris, this car gets used a lot. This is also with him using the bigger tires off his Slash. Also, after I pulled the retaining ring off, I was reminded that there are additional holes in the shaft cup so if one set of holes gets worn, turn it 90 degrees and use the other set of holes.