I had no issues with the FLM motor mount man... If the motor mount is off, you will most likely be able to see it by looking at the motor can's lines and the chassis' lines...

Did you get anything back from novak?? RCBoyz are usually pretty good if you contact them too - maybe they can help possibly?

Good to see it's up and running, but if it still grinds as it comes to a hault, i'd be looking at getting some RCM pinions man - you cant go wrong, and any noise like that in the gears is not a good thing to keep doing, even if it's only for a couple seconds at a time - the truck will be stopping alot, so those couple seconds will be alot longer after a run! =)