i hear what ur saying, but the height of the bearing in the brake seat has to be spot on with the height of the bearing in the rear diff to work the way i have the centre shaft set up.

im looking at possibly using 2 cen alloy brake seats. one will need a bit of dremel work for sure, but the rear seat should be fin as it is. they are a good bit chunkier than the plastic ones u see...

as for front and rear independant brakes, ive already sorted that with the 2 cen seats. plus - as one of the seats is staying in the original location, the mounting holes are already there and in the right place etc.

besides - ive got a hobao/ofna centre diff on the way now, along with some 1/8 buggy wheels and tyres - gotta see what rolland means about the wheels...

having said all that - the complete ofna diff/brake setup does look nice! ah well, i guess we will see what happens.

still very open to ideas tho guys