wondering if any one had a problem with there motor pinion gear bolt being overtightend from factory,and snapping??
also one of ours, the steering servo had a dead spot in the middle of its travel out of the box. sent back for warranty.
the tires seem a little week for a thing with this much grunt. tore one off the rim. just the bead locks left vertually. with black inserts.

yes, you can go to you local hardware store and get a replacment. get a number 12 hardened one and you ll ge good to go. steering servo needs the metal gears for them then they re pretty solid. tire sides are somewhat weak, and can tear easily on sharp objects like rocks, sticks, ect.
SBG

I switched the rims and tires our with the fg monster beatle. you will be out new rims tires and hexs. But it makes a huge difrence. And like the other guy said. Switch out the plastic servo gears with the steal kit.