ORIGINAL: swathdiver
You have spare boards right? The reason for the clutches is to save the electronics. That being said, I run all metal gears. The boards are cheap enough to keep changing them.
So those are my choices? To hear the gears slipping or to burn out boards?

Seriously, I don't run the thing that hard. Mainly futzing around the house for 10 or 15 minutes at a time. Am I still going to be burning out the boards? Thanks.