I have sheared the front upper link/turnbuckle off many times, but never broken a suspension arm. I now have all Graphite arms on the truck since I put the Mamba Max 6900 system in it and still have not broken a suspension arm. My only issues with the truck have been the ball diff and spinning the pin that keys the wheel to the shaft completely around inside of the plastic wheel, and I am thinking of doing the 12mm hex conversion with Rustler hex's and pins. Larger choice of wheels too. I'll be sure to let you guys know how it goes