yep
I'm having the same problem he was but I actually have the bushings mentioned and a set of bearings that are the same size that i thought would work better
the problem is the pilot shaft is too short so if you tighten it at all the plastic cage on yhe roller bearings distorts and siezes
I will probably order the hpi flywheel and pilot shaft rather than use a spacer
thank you very much for the help - I did a search about 50 times and didn't find that post so that wa a HUGE help

I would still greatly appreciate any help on the u-joint shafts if anyone can

thanks again