[TokuChris]

Austin St John, Walter Jones, and Thuy Trang wanted more money to be on the show - the show's popularity had exploded and they were not union at the time so they were working 20 hour days 5 days a week with little to no leeway in time off, etc. They then walked off the show in protest and rather than give in to their demands, production brought in Steve Cardenas, Karen Ashley, and Johnny Yong Bosh.

Jason David Frank has revealed that any time the cast did want more money, they'd use him to negotiate - he had enough power being "THE Power Ranger" of the show that they'd give in to his demands.

The rumor/contraversy around David Yost (Billy) and his departure in the middle of the Zeo season was that he wanted more money, akin to what Jason David Frank was making, but the producers said no ... they were hoping to get him off the show anyways (they tried to write him off twice to no avail) and he apparently wanted a larger role in the upcoming Turbo movie that was beginning production. David Yost claims he left the show after years of abuse and harassment from production because he is gay. A former production member of the show had since called him out on that claim saying he left because he was greedy and egotistical but the masses more or less ignored that statement and all sided with David Yost. Not saying I think he made it up but after claims from former cast members that he was always kind of a brat BEFORE he came out and made his accusation, I do think it was a combination of him acting like a brat as well as some mistreatment of his sexual orientation that caused him to walk off the set.

During Turbo the cast was replaced - they found out about it through a newspaper ad while they were in make-up one day. Some were okay with it as they thought it was time to move on, others were not so happy with it, but kudos to them for sticking through it to have a ... semi proper send-off.