[jhautz]

So you dont think that running the motor at its rpm limit and haveing the Center dif gears get chewed up when the dif bearing failed could have put any stress on the motor bearings? Seems pretty coincidental to me that the motor failed the next time you ran it. I wouldn't blame the guy you bought it from or the motor itself. Anything will break if you push it to its rpm limit and then add additional stress of chewing up gears. Thats the price you pay for pushing things to their bleeding edge IMO. You would have probably ruined a brand new motor doing that too.