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I buy everything with my own money lol. Bad products deserve to be called out

Pins in the front probably help with breaking arms . Same with the top inside pins all around.

Great video 🎉

Every single brand new xmaxx yes, the only ones you can't put 8s in are the original 6s versions

I forget the exact name, but it's one of the receivers that doesn't have an antenna on it. It might be called the 2100?

Not really, if you over tighten it, it will strip out the plastic, but otherwise it doesn't interfere with anything

The one in the background is an old ridgid stand, I forget what they're called but usually they come with the rollers on top, I believe they're called "portable work support" or something along those lines

Its very easy! The motor uses the same size bullet connectors as the max6 and recalibrate it and its ready to rock!

Yeah it served me well over the years! I also have a charger and a 3S battery from Radient, not bad stuff!

Glad you liked the video, thanks for watching!

Is that what the new design is all about that every pre-production truck reviewer mentioned? On my kraton and outcast 4s their driveshafts look the same all around.

@@crazycamkalani that's weird. Mine don't. And the set of four thqt I ordered as spares still have two of each.

If you're in the bay area CA then yeah it's one of the better bash spots in the area!

@@crazycamkalani actually no. i'm in Texas. I'm subbed to RazorRC and he shoots most of his videos there.

they're loose on everybody's who ordered one in june-july-aug. the issue should be resolved, but people been blaming plastics and all this other stuff when it was lose grub screws.

Thank you for the kind words! I absolutely love making these videos!

It's a great RC! Just needs a couple of key mods then it'll take the abuse you see in the video!

Oh yeah it happens with every car I own lol, it's fun though, I beat the crap out of my stuff so I fully expect to break them. Fixing them is half the fun!

This fixes the problem with the servo saver itself, which threads into plastic. I explain it better in the video itself. For your specific problem it could be that the servo gears are worn out, or you may have something binding in your steering. This fix could help as well, but there are a few reasons you'd see something like that happening.

Yes, adding more loctite to the pinion should help keep it from slipping. I use blue loctite because it's easier to remove than the red stuff, what I do is I let a tiny bit of loctite get onto the very end of the grubscrew, that way there is a very small amount between the motor shaft and grubscrew. Thanks for watching!

It's just a sticker 👍 the wrap is Darkside studios and I just threw additional stickers on top of it

@@crazycamkalani thanks

Absolutely! I haven't had the time much to do the RCs as much as I'd like (also started a motorcycle addiction this past year haha) and yes I absolutely need to get back to making videos! Thank you for watching!

It's possible, depends on how you drive the thing, if you beat it up it wouldn't be worth as much but if you take care of it you can reasonably get more money out of it

Glad you're loving yours, it's a great truck! It isn't perfect and it isn't indestructible, but a few key mods make it a fantastic truck. In my opinion it's the best large scale truck on the market, it's extremely durable for its size. It's also pretty cheap to fix haha, any other large scale truck makes your wallet even more angry haha

It's a great truck, I got a little bit of everything and this has consistently been my favorite RC out there :) It ain't perfect but hey what RC is? Tinkering them is half the fun!

Thanks for the support! Hope you enjoy your Xmaxx as much as I enjoy mine haha

I would say tighten it down until it bottoms out, then maybe 1/4 turn, if that. Like you said it's plastic, so you do have to be careful on stripping it. As long as the rubber part on the locknut is making contact with the screw threads, it shouldn't loosen itself up.

Yup! They stay a lot cleaner but man I break a lot more haha

@@crazycamkalani i launched my xmaxx 15-20meters x100 & eventually it split into two pieces with repair cost $300.. never again, even when you dont launch it the turn pipes ripp the crap out of the tyres which already have longevity issues with the foam.

I was wondering the exact same. Let me know if you find out an answer!

@@chrisrodriguez206 WIth stock Traxxas gears that pin system is great. WIth Tekno/GDS spur they recommend you mesh it manually without the pin system. I set the pin system first for 18/50 which is the gearing I am running with a tekno pinion/gds spur and it was way too tight. So I moved the pins to 20/50 and they had too much slop, even though I think I could of ran it awhile in this setup but I wanted it tighter. So and the end of the day I removed the pins and used the paper method between the spur and pinion without the Traxxas pins...perfect mesh. It's definitely more of a pain to do since you have to hold the motor and put pressure on the pinion while you're screwing in from the bottom of the chassis but if you want the perfect mesh that's what you have to do.

@@seth9145 thanks Seth! I just set the mesh yesterday with the pins out. Gonna take it out later tonight and see how it goes!

@@chrisrodriguez206 Let me know how it goes. The mesh I have set perfectly so not worried about that, but I am worried under heavy bashing if the motor stays put to maintain that mesh. Because without the pins it's really relying on the bolts to keep it in place so technically it'll be a little less stable without the pins. I'm curious if it moves under heavy bashing/hits.

@@seth9145 took it out today and ran perfectly. But I too am worried about how secure it is without the pins. If down the line it comes loose, I’ll probably look into a metal motor mount that way the screws can be loctited

Nothing's 100% perfect box stock, for the type of abuse my xmaxxes get it's not a crazy amount of parts. If you watched the video you'd see how little it really needs 🤷‍♂️ I got some cars that'll break $100+ in parts every run and my xmaxxes usually cost $10-20 depending on what I break that bash session. For the size of truck it's unbelievably reliable and cheap as hell to upkeep.

When the plastic one strips the whole thing will just separate, by adding the nut/washer it keeps the whole assembly from separating.

It doesn't need much, just keep up on maintenance and replace whatever breaks as soon as possible and you'll be amazed on how reliable it is especially for the size of truck!

same here just got the truck and am doing the basic 4 for now and this video was so so great and well done thanks

So hopefully you know that RC diffs are intended to use silicone oil to tune how much the diff will move for a limited-slip effect, you can buy these silicone putty earplugs to effectively "lock" up a diff because they're super thick, it drives as though the diff is locked but it can still move just a little bit for durability. If you get the right earplugs theyre made of pure silicone putty. Honestly with your Maxx you should just drive it as is, you probably won't need to upgrade much on it, it has a really good diff setup box stock

@@crazycamkalani right on, just getting back into the hobby and first Maxx. Of course I have the dreaded clicking noise (bought it used) going to be pulling the front dif tonight.

So new to this picked up a beat on Xmaxx it seems ok for the most part. Well being farm kid I went through greased the diffs with bearing grease after cleaning black stuff out... was that ok? So what will I expect might happen cause I did... nothing by the motor figured that gets hot don't need grease spraying around there. Well many things on truck were rusty so wd-40 most of it get a coat on.... check back but cool video!! Trying to order bearings now do see 👀 bearing cover bouncing on the wheel drive shaft so should replace asap where do you buy parts?

I've had the best luck with stock tires, just have to vent them properly and put some gorilla tape on the inside of the wheel so it doesn't get any water/dirt inside(thats what causes the blowouts)

@@crazycamkalani Thanks for the info I do appreciate it👍

@@johnsorensen5758 any time brother thanks for watching 🤘