Traxxas T-Maxx 4 Ever - NITRO Monster Truck 2-Speed Greatness Since 1999 - Engine Seized, WHY?
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 19. 09. 2020
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The Nitrogang's first RC table talk and fix. We take a look at what is wrong with this nearly brand new traxxas t-maxx 2.5 classic. The engine is fully seized and refuses to turn over, it's not good.
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Your videos inspired me to get a tmaxx classic 2.5. I love it. Great videos. Great rc historian for your age.
hey man!! This is one of my favorite comments, in fact I will pin this comment because I like it so much!! The nitrogang is happy! I love the RC history the most, anybody could run an RC, but to me they are works of art and are a design time capsule if you look at it that way. Years from now, I highly doubt people will be discussing the design of the multiple 3-6S arrma rcs out there, LOL.
@@hybrid32494 TRUTH!!
The Rcmax gang is here supporting The Nitro gang son!!! đ
Welcome Rcmax Gang. From the world renowned Nitro Gang!!! Bows
This just happened to me with my Tmaxx 3.3. Since I watched this video I knew what not to do. Thanks for taking one for the team hybrid!! This is how I removed it without breaking the backplate. I used an 18mm deep socket to place the backplate on, and used a punch to drive the one way bearing off. The socket allows the starter shaft to fall into in, but holds the backplate from moving. The socket puts the load on the round part of the backplate, instead of the flat sides like hybrid did. This allowed removal without breaking the backplate. Saved some $$$. Thank you hybrid for your videos they help a nitro noob a ton!!!
Brother thank you for the shout out! My mom was just happy as can be when she found that magazine for ya. She said you think Hybrid would like this hahha I knew you would! Great video man! I have no idea why anyone would dislike this!! đ€đ§đ§đ§
Shout out to EastsideRC for sending the Boss Of The Nitro Gang he's RC Porn :) Don't tell mum i said that!!! Bows LOL
I don't know man but nitro members are still here
hey!! YES! the nitrgang is growing! We are getting more and more members, many of them are saying I have inspired them to run Nitro once again!! Thanks for your support! MORe on this t-maxx fix soon, and We will try on a special surprise, a classic CVEC tuned pipe.
He said nitro will never die..mine did every time the weather changed lol
I'm proud to be a member of the nitrogang . Nitro resistance baby ! đđ
hey bro!! YEs, you been a member for a while, I always love your comments! Just wait for the next part, I will be test fitting one of the most awesome tuned pipe brands known to this hobby. A damn CVEC tuned pipe!!!
Yes fellow Nitro Gang Member!!! Peace!!! Bows
Enjoyed the video. You the Nitro man! Cool one similar featured in the magazine. Thanks for the shoutout. Have a great day!
Wow Marion! That was very nice of you!đ
rc Ohio Thanks Todd!
So Blessed đ
I finally got back in to RC and the T Maxx was my first choice.
hey bro! Super happy to have you back in the Nitro Scene. You picked the right car, nothing like a sickening t-MAXX!!
This happened to me and I had no idea what was going on thank you so much same thing new tmaxx classic just broken in stopped and wouldnât come back to life thank you so much !!!â
hey buddy! Glad to have helped you out! Lets keep our Nitros on the road as long as we can. I love being the only dude who drives a nitro these days, the electrics will never understand! They will never hear a 2-speed shift either, SO SAD, lol. NItrogang!
@@hybrid32494 thank you nitrogang for life
Great video mate I hope the tmaxx is fixed. I have uploaded a couple of videos on my channel about my nitro car there not long video's though.
Wow. Never thought I would see a stuck one way B. I only had a slipped bearing but not stuck. What a relief. I stay away from 2.5 from I heard they heat up quick but not the 2.5R. 3.3 I like better and my .12 OS red head.
hey my dude! Yes, this was the first time I've ever seen a one-way bearing be fully stuck on the shaft like that. Usually they just slip and it's fixable. I read alot of stuff on the 2.5 and the 2.5R and it seems only the cooling head was different, they are the same internally, it was just traxxas marketing, lol. I totally agree, the old OS 12 is a awesome motor, I have 2 of them myself, and they still run fine.
Just picked up my first T Maxx today I think I like nitro man been following your content... Nitro Gangđđ
Just bought 3 HPI Savage 1/8 scale, love the sound.
Awesome video Dmitri!!! I always love watching you work on those nitro engines. Congratulations on 1 million views for your primal MT video!!!
hey my dude! thanks! Yup, my only popular video, lol, that Primal MT. It must be the youtube algorithm pushing it, because the other vids on that same truck are equality as popular as any other video I've made.
hybrid32494 youâre exactly right brother CZcams is weird....
Been in this hobby for 13years. Shift from nitro to electric to gas and now nitro again. I missed the tinkering. Fixing etc. Now i am into racing, buggies truggies. And yes nitro baby!
Great video! I love the repair videos.
hey bro!! T-maxx Tony got 3 word for you! TWO SPEED BABY!! lol. BTW, I the next part we will get this running and a special surprise, I will be trying out a damn CVEC PIPE, you remember those? The best pipes from like 20 years ago.
I had a T-Maxx 3.3 and the same thing happened about 1 tank after break-in. Pain in the ass.
My local hobby shop owner, here in Rochester NY, told me that traxxas is the one nitro engine you have to break-in precisely according to the instructions
hey bro! How you been! I mean, he has a point, but that could be said about anything in this hobby. Honestly, the traxxas break-in method is pretty standard, so it's not something mind blowing, you know. He probably just says that because he knows chances are the noob doing the break in has a 50% chance of winding up breaking the motor within the first quart of fuel, due to not doing a break in at all.
@@hybrid32494 I'm not bad at all man. Currently working on getting a nova cx12 in my RC10GT. Probably won't get to enjoy it until next year. I saw your video from a couple of weeks ago where you were like " I pay the taxes and the roads are still garbage" It made me laugh but felt kind of bad at same time. I do know the feeling. Anyways maybe next year I will take a dive into the traxxas nitro world!
Cool fix and video
Use a large soldering iron to heat up the part that you need to expand homie, throwing this whole thing in the oven is just expanding all the parts at the same rate thus normally not loosening anything, good video
Sometimes what happenes in rtr backplate starting systems, in a worse case scenario, the one way bearing and shaft that connects to the connecting rod will vibrate and come lose and hit the connecting rod. Sometimes breaking the starting shaft and sending pieces of metal all over inside the engine. Sometimes even snapping the connecting rod. In this case it looks like only the one way bearing failed. Avoid excessive rpms from a bad tune and you should be fine. Sometimes this happens too; from excessive pressure from flooding the engine, Sometimes theyâll even just do it anyways, Iâve seen some engines get destroyed by this. It happened to me before with a old KE .25 that I had with a pull-start on it. It never happened to me on a hpi .25 with a backplate starter, (only one-bearing failure from use) so not all backplate starting systems are bad. On some of the monster trucks thereâs no other way to start it
NITROGANG! Let's keep it around forever!!!
i have only gas 1/5 now but i missed my original nitro rc days when i was 15 so i went and got revo 3.3 this year glad i did brings memories
hey my dude! You now see that you gotta always have a revo or a t-maxx, right!! I'm right there with you, I've got many 1/5 gas rcs, but you just want a nice 2-speed nitro once in a while. the Nitrogang is happy to have you back with us!!
2 speed baby đđđ, loved this video, it was so satisfying watching how easy that engine came out, amazing, I now zero apprehension of having to do the same, should the need arise
At least it wasn't the motor but what an annoying problem to have on a new rc. I've had one way bearings go but never seize to the shaft. Great repair for a nitro gang member.
wound up swapping my s-maxx with the original 2.5 and ez start to a 2.5r with pull start
Honestly people should just steer clear of Traxxas nitros man. All the common issues are north worth 400-500 bucks. I just broke in my friend's Inferno ST today and he has been running it all day long without issues!
Haha, perfect timing! Just ran my tmaxx with my friend's MGT.
whats ups homie!! Awesome!! I ran my own green 3.3 t-maxx today, and it did not let me down! Ofcourse the damn one-way bearing started to slip again, but whatever!! Nitrogang has all the fun!
Good info brother!
hey bro!! Thanks! I sent you a cool car pix I saw today on ur gram, I know you will 100% appreciate it.
Great video! Love the t maxx
hey bro! thanks! More on this thing soon, will it run??? OFCOURSE it will!! Anyway, also a special surprise, I will test out a classic CVEC tuned pipe on this T-maxx. Those were the most top notch pipes from like 20 years ago.
Reliability issues is the only thing that stops me buying traxxas and hpi products,I've found kyosho are pretty good reliability wise
When dealing with issue's like that metal on metal use a torch because heat make's metal expand so you only want to heat the one piece you want to remove by doing that the piece will expand off of the other if you heat it all up then all part's will expand and it won't work
Another great vide Tony boy đđđ
hey bro!! thanks! you the man for supporting the Nitrogang! Alot more on this T-max soon.
@@hybrid32494 no problem my brother did it with pleasure, more on this T-max soon awesome đđđ
Hay bro, have a quick question, on your 3 channel flysky transmitter. Does it have a Fail-Safe? I put a arrma mega system in a very old hydro boat, and am using flysky like yours. If I turn off remote it goes wide open. And we all know that's not good.
Hey man, think of the fail safe as nothing more than a pre-programmed state for each channel. Your failsafe is set to the wrong position on your throttle channel (usually channel 2). You need to set your fail safe settings to neutral on all electrics and brake on all nitro and gas cars. Follow up with me on here if you need more advice bro.
Cool clip...
Wait for the 3rd part đđđ she is pretty dam good!
yes bro!! Part 3 this beast will be running!! and the most famous and best tuned pipe brand "CVEC" will be tested on this. Nitrogang!!!
One way bearing on the easy start shaft just had mine go on my Revo 3.3 the easy starts are a power tiller and have more issues than good
hey man!! Yes, many people who run traxxas for a long time wind up getting a pull start motor. Although in this case the bearing would still have been there, really no way to avoid that. In the next part you will see the full repair and first start again!
@@hybrid32494 yea.. as soon as i heard that the bearing was hard to get off i was like omg i just had this happen to me.. crazy..
I got the nitro itch from this! Sadly my tmaxx snapped a rod. 3.3
You should replace the starter motor because if it was engaging the starter motor the whole time it probably wore down the brushes in the starter motor
At about $500 everything is ready to go and fueled to have plastic gears in the transmission is pretty crazy
hey man! Yes, these things are not cheap, no disagreeing with you there my dude. At least these have very good resale value down the line, and all parts are easy to find and simple to work on (for the most part). Wait until the second part of this video, this thing is gonna ru!!!.
hybrid32494 canât hate on that, atleast with redcat having less parts availability and less cost they have better customer service i hear
I miss my nitros I have a tmaxx .15 and I love that truck
hey my dude!! that's right! you cannot not miss your nitros!! I'm looking at one of my revos right now as I'm typing this. lol.
I bought a wpl b36 and I put some new metal driveshafts on it and even when i screw em on i even em on the flat side of the shaft. What is wrong with it the truck is brand new
hey Buddy, I've got the WPL B36 RTR and have never upgraded anything on mine, its still fine. I would say the upgrade parts you bought just don't fit, this is the main reason I stopped upgrading those cheap RCs, the upgrade parts quality are terrible and mostly a waste of money. You gotta sometimes make them fit by shaving and or trimming pieces. I've often found all WL TOYS and WPL upgrade parts are supreme JUNK!
So that is a common issue the one way bearing fail , humm i wonder if that was maybe also what was causing the stutter ? I really would like to see you go back to the red cat ?
The email is the EXACT words found in the manual lol
Congratulations to ya!!!!
thanks man!! My only really popular video, lol. The nitrogang is less popular but it matters the most to me!! more on this T-maxx soon, plus I will be test fitting a classic CVEC pipe.
nitrogang or fucking nothing đđŻ i love ur vids man more then any other rc channel , iv been in nitro since i was 11 and am now 20 . keep it up buddy đŻ chase the dream
hey bro!! The Nitrogang is happy to have you with us, and I agree! I stand out with my first nitro around the same age as you did, back in the early 2000's. IT will never die, because I'm quite sure I will still own nitros 20+ years from now, no matter what!!
Yo this is the fellow gang Nigel member Jezzee RC I will make some video soon and eventually get a Tmax what happen with that transmission was in the starting assembly the easy start one of the screws came loose a little bit and block the whole flow of the engine and starter for moving other than that itâs a great reliable engine and car truck letâs get some videos of the MGT 8.0 as well love you brother Iâm still breathing and drinking and eating the nitro day and night nitro love forever piece
is there post to be a washer behind the oneway bearing
hey man! The right answer is yes! There is a thin Teflon looking like washer between the backplate and the one-way bearing, you can even see it in the exploded views if you care to really dig deep. I did not put it on when I rebuilt this thing, because I figured it didn't help in the first place, and it's already super snug on that shaft. We will see if it does anything. Also no other nitro motor I've worked on has a washer between the backplate and the bearing to begin with.
@@hybrid32494 kind of strange is it
Actually they came out in 1998 i still have mine i put an xtm extended 21 conversion kit and twin megatech .16 engines! It pulls the front wheels when it shifts into 2nd gear
hey bro!! The Nitrogang would like to see your awesome twin motor t-maxx, If you send me a clip of it in landscape mode I will put it in a video for you. I remember the cool XTM conversion from back then, those were awesome. I personally had a NEW ERA big block chassis conversion for my Terra crusher at the time. I've found contradictory info on the T-maxx release date, if you google it, it says it came out in 1999. Maybe it was announced in 98?
hybrid32494 i dont know how to send it to you plus i havent run it for for about ten years if you tell me how to send some pics i will be happy to send some and down the road when i get it running again iâll send a video
hybrid32494 my wife bought it for me for christmas 1998 i remember the year because my mother inlaw died 2 days after christmas that year! my son and i were out in the yard running it when we got the call
Hey bro your friends traxxas looks like your blue tamiya the old one bro with the pressure pump on the gas tank and your tmaxx looks sweet bro its supper high like a monster truck you should put a big block or a nice alpha 28
hey my dude! yes, you're talking about my Tamiya terra crusher, the one with that blue body. These were direct competitors back in the day, it was serious battle between them both. I also love monster trucks, the best segment of RC in my opinion.
@@hybrid32494 my truck is the HSP tornado 1/8 scale I wonder if we put ur two trucks against mine if they will be same size and hight I like the clearance on your truck bro nice an high
I officially hate 1way berrings. There is one on my losi lst that is used for the 1st gear and it completely seized half way through a tank and it stripped out my low speed spur gear. Had this issue before on my dad's lst. Now mine now has the issue. No problem though. Have the berrings here just need the spur Wich it like 5$ but i couldn't drive my car with my friends camping this weekend
hey my dude! Yes, these one-way bearing are often the reasons we run into problems. It's pretty rare for them to go in the trans though, could be an LST issue design flaw, you know. Because they are basically on all 2-speeds, and I've yet to see one fail there, usually they fail by the backplate because it's exposed to extreme heat and oils. Good luck with the repair, and I want an LST btw, that's one truck I have never owned or driven.
@@hybrid32494 ya maby. The berrings is verry similar to one way berrings on pull starts and stuff and it is 10 years old so it had its life
You would hope traxxas paid for the parts as it was a new purchase,
hey bro! NOPE, neither of us contacted traxxas ever again after that initial e-mail. It was easy enough to just work on it myself. But I would really be interested to follow up and even show them this video and see how they react. Anyway, the part 2 video on the repair comes out in 2 days from now. Nitrogang!!!
New channel name "Cooking with Hybrid32494"
He should actually call the traxxas help line you get a tech person and usually they tell you to mail the motor to them. But traxxas customer service is junk.
hey bro!! Yes, usually you wind up waiting a while and mailing the block into them yourself, and covering the postage ofcourse. Then usually they will tell you to purchase another one, or charge you labor to work on anything wrong with it. I figured why not e-mail them and see what happens, either way I would have fixed it for the Nitrogang!! lol.
Traxxas has always treated its customers badly
I got out of nitro RC, cars became a money pit. I'd fix one thing and something else would go the same day. I don't bash my truck either.
GO ELECTRIC LIL G!
Hi nitro gang I'm a nitro dave from across the pond my tmaxx is original I've had it over 20 years and still going strong only one problem the shell is knackered anyone got one thanks guys
hey dude! what's up!! Welcome to the Nitrogang! We sit around and discuss the greatness of the T-maxx, lol. Then we tear it up. In part 2 of this video you will see the full repair and I got a special surprise, I will test run a brand new CVEC pipe! One of the best pipe brands in the hobby.
Wassup nitrogang!
hey bro!! whats up!! The nitrogang is here, and working on the second part of this video right now! We gonna be putting this back together soon and testing out a classic CVEC pipe.
NITRO GANG T Maxx baby
Nitrogang!
TRAXXAS TOUGH BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Th T_MAXX will never die! Chances are I'll still be doing videos on it 20 years from now, not kidding!! I will mark this down in a calendar 20 years from now, we will see what's up then!
@@hybrid32494 I was going to get the T Maxx 2.5 but instead went with the Rustler because of money but I still love it. ( I am only 15 years old) BOY using my moms account!!!!:) I wonder what Kevin Talbot will do LOL!!
Just sitting here rebuilding an engine wishing it was nitro
I run nitro jato 3.3 baby đ€
welcome to the Nitrogang!! That's what's up!! You saw that pic of me with my JATO 3.3 right!! BTW< special surprise for this T-maxx in the next part, a damn CVEC pipe BABY!!!
One-way bairing. Thats what happened to me
what's up Tony
hey my dude!! T-maxx Tony is here! Having coffee and responding to comments, lol. living the True life, you know.. JK.
I have a TMaxx pro 15
hey man! Awesome, that's a classic original one of these trucks. I've never owned a pro 15 t-maxx, maybe one day I will be lucky to find one. Nitrogang!!
@@hybrid32494 ty
Hey man, you gotta finish that revo 3.3 seized motor.
Or Iâm un subscribing
Jk đ
Nitro gang!
hey!! LOL. I will be doing a small mention of that seized revo in the second part of this video, so I have not forgotten about it. lol. Nitrogang has just been busy, you know. This stuff is much tougher and more time consuming that simply reviewing the newest boring electric arrma's you know! ahaha. Lets face it the Traxxas XO-1 from over 10 years ago was faster than any of the new arrma on-road cars, so what's the big deal about those retro bodies, who cares!!
I LIKE TRAXXAS T MAXX AND TOP FUEL
Stay away from traxxas top fuel
Just curious, you said he was breaking the engine in, but it looked more like a bash session to me đ€ fill me in #nitrogang
hey my dude! The clips you saw in this video was from a (Part 2) video from last week, and there was also one before that when we were doing slow break-in runs. At the point of when the owner told me the engine seized up the motor has like half a gallon through it. Nitrogang, thanks for watching bro, and following up.
@@hybrid32494 ahhhhh ok, much love
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hey Gary!! thanks man! T-maxx forever!! Ofcourse rovan baja and Dragsters too, lol, right!
Nitro pizza
whats up man!! LOL. Nothing better than a nitro pizza, but I'll take a Nitro burger too, if that's what it comes to. LOL. NItrogang!!
Traxxas Has a program where you can give them your old motor and you get one for $100. I thought you would know That nitro gang. Call traxxas as you can get one for a 100 bucks. You are welcome.
He did said it
hey buddy! The Nitrogang knows all about the 50% traxxas engine replacement warranty. Watch this video again at 4:45 and you will hear me talking about the traxxas engine replacement warranty. BTW, they charge you 50% of retail price, but you only get the block itself, meaning you need to re-use many of your own engine accessories, obviously, including the carb. Basically the same price as a brand new complete dynamite .19 drop-in motor.
He knows that at the bottom of the video it tells you about their lifetime warranty
hybrid32494 that sucks. More Traxxas shenanigans. Overpriced but i will say that Traxxas support rocks. Have a local hobby shop down the road. Almost all Traxxas. Up here in Colorado nitro power isnât that great. I stick with brushless but maybe Iâll get a T Maxâs someday. Still love watching your channel
Would rather get the .19t and not have to worry about the con rod failing like traxxas's designed to fail ones
Traxxas has one of the worst customer services and Traxxas motors are complete JUNK! Although that being said, the 3.3 does make sick power while it last. NITRO is KING đ
I can do it in a minute no joke
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Using a nitro is the equivalent to being that guy with acura Integra with a loud big ass muffler thinking your cool with blue h.i.d's.!!
Why are you even here..go somewherr else to troll...pitty...pitty my guyđđ€Łđ đŻ