you are right to a tee... wish i could of explaned it like that... everything is back in placelike it was when it come out.. i didnt look to see if i bent the pins on the gears or the out drives.. i dont really see how i could but if i did it was the car that did it... like every other time i took it out it whould go nuts and take off on it own... it was my first car i didnt know it was the raido that was crappy intill i got my losi and it came with a futuba so i put the torpeda in the closet intill now.. iam getting a new motor an raido so i was just goin over the car to get it ready to rock....