[EricH]

Originally Posted by Ken Streeter

We had the pictured failure happen to us at least three times during competition in 2007 with the kit wheels. If I recall correctly, we thought the problem was mostly getting pushed sideways by defending robots. We didn't have serious troubles until the off-season tournaments, when a combination of more aggressive defense and the accumulation of lots of matches took its toll. The A/M wheels were strengthened for 2008. We didn't have any failures in 2008, but the game didn't involve as much defense, either.

469 and 330 reported the same, 469 on a crab and 330 on a 6WD drop center. The suspicion was that it was side loads. And yes, the wheels were strengthened after 2007.