[JThiessen]

I broke the screws off that attach the bumper to the bumper mount - did it on both front and rear. And in that same time frame I snapped the left rear drive cup in half. And judging by the way the plastic is chewed up around the lower hinge pin "stop" area there is a lot of movement in those parts.
I was just curious if there were any aftermarket systems for it. The first thing I always did with my Traxxas rigs was to rip off the bumpers - cant really do that with the Savage, it appears - unless there is an aftermarket hinge pin retention system that revises the function of the upper hinge pin retainer/bumper mount.

Obviously, I must have hit hard a couple times to do it. And that flex is probably very important to absorb the impact and not drive it further into the truck. Given the speed and weight of this truck (and my driving), I would probably be smart to keep the bumper system.