Hardened Mod1 Pinions

[skellyo]

I keep reading over on rctech how everyone thinks that you'll be constantly replacing pinions if you run the hardened pinions with a stock steel spur. I certainly don't believe this is the case as no one on this site has been preaching that kind of information. So what are you guy's thoughts on the subject? Obviously a plastic spur is optimal, but aside from noise, is anyone really killing the hardened pinions that often on a steel spur?