Man, you HAVE been gone for a couple of weeks! lol. Yeah, there was a thread about this a bit ago. Don't remember anything about a better/different bearing, but the screwed endplate and flat spot was discussed. Keep in mind that the presence of those screws will require mods done to the end cover Mike sells...
2wks and so much changes. Logged on today and was "ERevo...WTH??? MMM done 0_o ..."