The area around the ball stud is thicker than the stock rod end while still allowing a full range of motion of the pivot ball.
That same engineering, combined with RPM bulletproof materials, has gone into the creation of RPM Rod Ends for Traxxas 1/10th scale vehicles.RPM Rod Ends cover a wide range of currently available Traxxas vehicles including all versions of the following: Slash 2wd, Slash 4 x 4, Summit, T-Maxx, E-Maxx, Revo, e-Revo, Slayer Pro 4 x 4, Stampede 4 x 4, Rustler VXL, Jato and Bandit VXL. These rod ends are tough! RPM RPM80475 Short Rod Ends for Traxxas .