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Joined: 11/23/2005 From: denfield,
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The plastic gears will hold up fine for awhile. My brother has been running the stock (xl-1) gears in his MM 5700 with 2s lipo for months with no damage. If anything strips it will be the idler, which is a whopping $3 for a steel replacement. If the diff strips, which might happen after awhile, might not happen at all, a new one with a steel ring gears is $6. For $10 you can upgrade the xl-5 transmission to steel, dont bother buying the VXL and going through the hassle of selling the electronics. Its not worth it. We were running brushless before the VXL metal transmission hype with no problems.
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