Originally Posted by
T-BirdJunkie
It'll be fine, CD. Ball diffs are generally stronger than gear diffs. Especially AE's crap 1/10 scale gear diff.
(FLAME ON

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bdyche agrees with T-BirdJunkie; 3 races with an LRP 8.5 until the gear diff was toasted in his SC10, regularly gets a half dozen or more races (+practice days) out of a ball diff with the same ESC/motor combination.