That's some good info. Thanks for the confirmation. Part of the reason for me not switching to the updated hubs was the additional cost of the driveshafts. If you can keep the same block setup and bones with the newer hubs, I may have to switch sooner than later.
I just found one of the TRF Fluorine sealed 950 bearings was bad on my MRE. It did manage over half a season with no maintenece whatsoever, which is still pretty darn good for a 950. I'm not super surprised though since I ripped that corner off of the car off on three seprate occasions due to poor track configuration. At least the other 7 are still going strong..