Thanks for the explanation Jimi. Heres your pic from your gallery.
Open the pic, right click, select properties, COPY the URL, back here, select 'image', paste.
It appears that 3rd gear is indeed offset toward the rear, due to machining requirements (bottom pic). I assume the TOP pic is the old two piece counter shaft. However, from your explanation it appears that the new one piece results in a stronger counter shaft and is not an issue with 3rd gear breaking teeth.
