i would say its just cause its small parts. i had toyota axle and couldnt keep gears together in mine either also broke a couple lock rights and aussie locker. this is why i sold my toyota crap and am working on getting all new stronger parts.
thats cool seeing those pictures. ive been to all those places but has been a long time. i grew up in long beach wa. and that school is the same school that was in the movie kindergarten cop. lot of that movie was filmed in astoria.