With that many failures, I have to question the integrity of your power supply and your controller/mainboard. I would upgrade my power supply before I put another drive into that same computer again. I would vouch for WD as they have been very good in my experience. I use them in all of my...
Here's mine on eBay, with enough parts to keep you out of the hobby shop for a while. I will also throw in a couple of beat up bodies to practice with.
https://www.rcnitrotalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31796
Jon, you ever have trouble with the hinge pins that come stock? Mine are still straight as arrows and I check them often since I rebuild the front and rear ends after every other run or right before a race.
Not sure if it can fix your problem but some guys use washers on the ends. If it were me, I would go with this set. It has served me well and have yet to pop off after plenty of abuse.
Could not find this thread for the life of me. Anyways, they are exactly as described. TJ even let me in on a bit of a design flaw on these before he sold them. You got to sand down your body posts a little but thats no biggie. Great seller and great communication. Now I just need buggy...