burningpoo,

if your front brakes are locking up, check the little black metal plates that touch the brake discs. Usually I have seen that in some hard crashes, it's these little plates that bend and cause the brakes to bind.

As dogman said, the GST is not an entry level truck. It does take a little bit of rc know how to maintain the truck. But that's not to say it's a bad truck, or a difficult truck to work on. The GST features much more parts than other trucks in its class.

I have a GST and a Nemesis and I wouldn't trade'em for any other monster truck on the market.