You did the same as me: not using the ESC fan, thinking it's the Castle Link cable. Once I finally learned that, I plugged the cable into a free receiver slot and the fan heated up without spinning. Called Castle and they're sending a replacement. I'm glad my ESC wasn't overheating, because the fan wasn't even on. I thought the ESC fan was powered directly through the ESC, but it's not. It requires its own power port.
I saw many video like this about how to install the brushless motor, but this video has most amount of information that I need to install the new motor.
Thank you very much for the feedback. I have received that several times and will modify my approach in the future. I appreciate learning how I can make my videos more useful and enjoyable for my viewers :)
How may teeth are on the gear, my son ground the teeth off the original one. I wanted to upgrade the new one to metal. Guyvat the hobby shop gave me a new one but it was the next size up and he said it would be ok... fast forward to now, he has since burnt out the motor . I'm about to put the new one in but I want to get the correct gear but metal.. just don't know what size it is supposed to be, something keeps telling gme the one have in there now is an 11... any help will be great,
Why does everyone gear so low when retaining the 48p gearing? Yes the 3S cars come with a 17t pinion…but on a 57t spur. That’s equivalent to running a 28t pinion on a 91t spur. Even with the 500kv higher motor, you’d want a 23t pinion to match a stock BLX car running the 17t pinion. A larger pinion is also far less likely to strip the plastic spur. A lot of guys say the 48p is too weak for brushless power, but in my opinion they are just gearing them way too low. A 17/91 is equivalent to running a 10t pinion on a stock 3S car, they’d likely strip that 57t plastic spur gearing that low too.
Great video I'm getting one of these trucks how does the stock gears take the new power any info is greatly appreciated thanks I want to do the same thing to mine
Thank you very much! The stock gears and whole drive train has held up really well. I think this is a great upgrade without going to crazy :) Have fun and thanks for watching!
How well has the spur gear held up? I am about to do this conversion to mine any parts I should upgrade? I already have the HD input gears any help is greatly appreciated thanks!
Thanks! I was able to look up the combo and pinion gear I used. www.castlecreations.com/en/sidewinder-sct-waterproof-combo-with-1410-3800kv-5mm-motor-sensored-010-0123-03
Would have been super helpful if it wasnt fast forwarded through 95% of the video that was made, I assume, to help others do the same or similar work on theirs? I just upgraded my granite 4x4 with ezrun max10 sct. Got a new slip gear and bore with arrma aluminum motor mount. Tried to tell from your vid, but couldn't....is it supposed to be near impossible to get the mount to snap back over the clip part? Plus, now the car will spin tires fast when holding in air but as soon as its on the ground it either turns off or stutters. Seems slowly pressing throttle will get it going but not for long. Any ideas?
Love the video considering this rc. I'm curious costs on the parts total to do all what you show so if I get and decide to go through upgrade in the future
Thanks for watching! Upgrade cost was roughly $130. I'm sure you could do it for more or less depending what equipment you get. I'm happy with it though :)
To do it right and where it will last it will cost 160 to 180 depends on how you do it you need to buy the slipper gear with the shaft for the brushless granite you can buy it built for about 45 or buy the parts sperated for 25/30 and you also need BLX 3S, ARAC9102 And then what ever motor and ecu you want
Alexis Rojas Gonzalez thanks for your question! The diffs are a combination of metal and composite materials. Large gear is composite. Hope that helps you. Thanks for watching!
i am thinking on buying one of those monsters ( and running 2s lipo) and the fact that the gears are plastic is worrying me... i think they will wear out. will they not?
I'd like to add, the splines at the ends of the driveshaft are weak and prone to breaking, part AR310773 is much better than the plastic stock one, holds up to a light brushless system well.
I upgraded mine as well and it only last like 5 min. I spend more time trying to get the truck to run then actually playing with the dam thing. A waste of money, just get the 3s model and save yourself the headache
We haven't tried a 4s set up yet. I wonder how the components will hold up. I'd be interested to see what you find in your research. Thanks for watching!
If you don’t have enough brain power to figure out what he’s doing there then I suggest you move your hobbies on to something else like floor licking or knuckle dragging it’s not rocket science.
do you have any experiences that the plastic input gear is breaking all the time. Mine did it three times, two times on 2s, once on 3s (also brushless conersation). Is there any alternative to that plastic stuff?
Dr Kinetics well, yes you are a bit late. Now I have bought an FTX vantage and the "not the pinion gear that is on the motor, the other one" gear worn out after 8-10 batteries. I am now looking for something stronger so I will never again have a problem.
3 years later your video is still helping people (me) upgrade their trucks 🙂
I'm glad to hear that! Thank you 😊
Make that four
Make that Five!
It would be 5 now...
I like your video style, very minimalistic. And you obviously have a warm heart. Great video
Thank you very much Christopher!
You did the same as me: not using the ESC fan, thinking it's the Castle Link cable. Once I finally learned that, I plugged the cable into a free receiver slot and the fan heated up without spinning. Called Castle and they're sending a replacement.
I'm glad my ESC wasn't overheating, because the fan wasn't even on. I thought the ESC fan was powered directly through the ESC, but it's not. It requires its own power port.
Thanks for the info!
Great video, thanks for taking to the time to show in detail this installation. Eagerly awaiting your test drive video.
Thanks Andrew! There will be lots of videos with this truck coming soon as the weather breaks here in Wisconsin :)
I saw many video like this about how to install the brushless motor, but this video has most amount of information that I need to install the new motor.
Great! Thanks for watching!
@@MSMAdventures Is it necessary to buy a Battery Monitor Voltage Detector for the battery since you are professionalism at rc cars?
@@MSMAdventures Also where can I get the gear for a new brushless motor? Can I just use the stock one?
www.amainhobbies.com/protek-rc-steel-mod-1-pinion-gear-5mm-bore-17t-ptk-8070/p735083?v=704119
I like video RC 👍
Thank you!
This was like some John Denver acid trip.
Lmao
Must upgrade pinion I have same set up in senton mega 27t pinion 💪🏻very fast now compared to anything else
Sweeeeeeet. Thanks for the info! I will try that next. Thanks for watching also.
Sweet mod thanks for making the video
Thank you!
BTW that is a sensor motor so DO NOT switch wires it is bad for it
Did you not upgrade to alloy mount that s the problem lots ppl doing not upgrading the motor mount aswell best fit 4s motor mount its thicker alloy
I would like to see it running!
I used the same motor/ESC combo. The factory motor mount was retained. The spur gear feels like it's binding.
Weird
I got it sorted. I was using the 15T setup for 1 screw. All good now ❤
great video, just rather hear what you are saying rather than music
Thank you very much for the feedback. I have received that several times and will modify my approach in the future. I appreciate learning how I can make my videos more useful and enjoyable for my viewers :)
My motir over heats in my granite fast even with fans
I hate my Arrma granite mega 550 brushed rc. It either over hits and shuts down or now it just flashes red. Is yours dependable?
I have a big rock im pulling the whole drive train out of and putting in a brushed granite.
How may teeth are on the gear, my son ground the teeth off the original one. I wanted to upgrade the new one to metal. Guyvat the hobby shop gave me a new one but it was the next size up and he said it would be ok... fast forward to now, he has since burnt out the motor
. I'm about to put the new one in but I want to get the correct gear but metal.. just don't know what size it is supposed to be, something keeps telling gme the one have in there now is an 11... any help will be great,
Why does everyone gear so low when retaining the 48p gearing? Yes the 3S cars come with a 17t pinion…but on a 57t spur. That’s equivalent to running a 28t pinion on a 91t spur. Even with the 500kv higher motor, you’d want a 23t pinion to match a stock BLX car running the 17t pinion. A larger pinion is also far less likely to strip the plastic spur. A lot of guys say the 48p is too weak for brushless power, but in my opinion they are just gearing them way too low. A 17/91 is equivalent to running a 10t pinion on a stock 3S car, they’d likely strip that 57t plastic spur gearing that low too.
Good video but I wanted to see what connects were?
Great video I'm getting one of these trucks how does the stock gears take the new power any info is greatly appreciated thanks I want to do the same thing to mine
Thank you very much! The stock gears and whole drive train has held up really well. I think this is a great upgrade without going to crazy :) Have fun and thanks for watching!
hey can you send me a link where you got those
I install the same combo and I’m getting overheating problems. Any suggestions?
You wouldn't happen to know of any good aluminum shock upgrades for this truck would ya?
I have not researched them yet but I'm also interested in this.
How well has the spur gear held up? I am about to do this conversion to mine any parts I should upgrade? I already have the HD input gears any help is greatly appreciated thanks!
So far so good. All components are holding up well.
I did it to mine and I would recommend changing the whole slipper clutch assembly
@@giovanniarteaga6041 to what setup?
@@rainbowshulacorns3666 the 4s blx steel
@@rainbowshulacorns3666 with a hardened pinion gear
Hi great video ! Happy that u dont use a blx. Can u give to us the pieces that u use un a list ?
Thanks for watching! I'm on a trip right now but yes, I will get you the info for the parts used when I get home.
@@MSMAdventures thank you a lot have a good trip !
Thanks! I was able to look up the combo and pinion gear I used. www.castlecreations.com/en/sidewinder-sct-waterproof-combo-with-1410-3800kv-5mm-motor-sensored-010-0123-03
www.amainhobbies.com/protek-rc-steel-mod-1-pinion-gear-5mm-bore-17t-ptk-8070/p735083?v=704119
@@MSMAdventures Okey I see, but the problem is that I use 4s lipo battery so they can't fit with this only 3s max :/
Would have been super helpful if it wasnt fast forwarded through 95% of the video that was made, I assume, to help others do the same or similar work on theirs? I just upgraded my granite 4x4 with ezrun max10 sct. Got a new slip gear and bore with arrma aluminum motor mount. Tried to tell from your vid, but couldn't....is it supposed to be near impossible to get the mount to snap back over the clip part? Plus, now the car will spin tires fast when holding in air but as soon as its on the ground it either turns off or stutters. Seems slowly pressing throttle will get it going but not for long. Any ideas?
Thanks for the feedback. I have not seen the issue that you have but I'll see if I can find anything that will help.
I had the same problem had to adjust the sliper clutch and am still trying to get the right adjustment what a pain
@@murkem2475 this one ended up helping me....th-cam.com/video/g7HHxXzF-VQ/w-d-xo.html
What pinion you running
I’m still struggling taking the motor off pls help
Me too
Same I can’t get it
Love the video considering this rc. I'm curious costs on the parts total to do all what you show so if I get and decide to go through upgrade in the future
Thanks for watching! Upgrade cost was roughly $130. I'm sure you could do it for more or less depending what equipment you get. I'm happy with it though :)
To do it right and where it will last it will cost 160 to 180 depends on how you do it you need to buy the slipper gear with the shaft for the brushless granite you can buy it built for about 45 or buy the parts sperated for 25/30 and you also need BLX 3S, ARAC9102
And then what ever motor and ecu you want
Do Arrma Granite 4wd have Metal diff?;Thanks a lot
Alexis Rojas Gonzalez thanks for your question! The diffs are a combination of metal and composite materials. Large gear is composite. Hope that helps you. Thanks for watching!
i am thinking on buying one of those monsters ( and running 2s lipo) and the fact that the gears are plastic is worrying me... i think they will wear out. will they not?
booper dooper ran mine for about a year and a half and the plastic gears suprisingly are still holding up fine
I'd like to add, the splines at the ends of the driveshaft are weak and prone to breaking, part AR310773 is much better than the plastic stock one, holds up to a light brushless system well.
Do you have link to get this motor and esc combo.thanks .great video
www.castlecreations.com/en/sidewinder-sct-waterproof-combo-with-1410-3800kv-5mm-motor-sensored-010-0123-03
Here you are. Thank you very much for watching!
MSM Adventures thanks bud
True power
do you have a video of putting a brushless in the 2wd granite or can you put a link in my comment of a video how to put a brushless in the granite 2wd
I don't know of any unfortunately.
Did you keep the stock 48p spur gear if so how long before they wore out
I upgraded mine as well and it only last like 5 min. I spend more time trying to get the truck to run then actually playing with the dam thing. A waste of money, just get the 3s model and save yourself the headache
cupofwater I have been waiting over a month for my Kraton 4s
my motor just went up in smoke today rip
How did you mount the esc?
Yeah see no one is learning anything from this video
so this how yeat made money so big 12:44
Hi I'm trying to build my arrma granite blx 3s, to a brushless system to make it a 4s, need to Kno the best parts to get??? Pls help
We haven't tried a 4s set up yet. I wonder how the components will hold up. I'd be interested to see what you find in your research. Thanks for watching!
Have any parts broken yet?
No broken parts yet :) Seems to be a very solid setup. Very happy with it!
Are you from South Carolina?
You have to change the gears I put a brushless motor on mine and it lasted about maybe 5 minutes before it stripped out
What the max speed now with brushless upgrade?
Here is a link to the speed run.
th-cam.com/video/HkdK8TmcQPI/w-d-xo.html
What's the top speed you got and is it still working?
I think 34mph is as fast as I have got it to go. Still working well! 🤞
Who is playing the guitar, or what song is that?
I don't remember specifically on that one but I use Epidemic Sounds for my music in my videos now. Thanks for watching!
How much was all of that stuff to upgrade it?
I believe it was about $150
How has it hold up? Have it broke parts for the powerful motor or is it ok?
It's been great! Only broken parts are from crashing lol
@@MSMAdventures nice! ill probably be upgrading it too, thanks!
@@MSMAdventures wow🤯 and stock axles also have been holding strong do you have the punch up
Thanks for the show 😎
Just upgrade to brushless 3s my spur got chew up from the. 26t any buy sell a metal spur that fit a garnite mega
Not sure but there has to be an option out there
Where did you get this system
I ended up getting it at HobbyTown locally but there are probably better deals online. Thanks for watching the channel!
It has to be the under armor
Your video/demo became useless about half way through when you sped up the video.. zero help on motor change over
Thanks for the feedback. I will take that into consideration in the future.
What’s the speed
29mph was about it on my speed run video.
At 29 mph it's not a speed demon by far but it is a lot more fun now :)
Was it warm or can you gear up¿
no
no
REPLACE THAT CRAPPY STOCK SERVO. THEY SUCK...
Agree! That is coming :)
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Why did you skip over certain important steps? Your video is useless!
Sorry you didn't like it. I will use this feedback in the future.
Bro you started off good talking then you added music and sped up the video during the critical information! Wtf thumbs down 👎🏻
Thanks for the feedback.
oof
If you don’t have enough brain power to figure out what he’s doing there then I suggest you move your hobbies on to something else like floor licking or knuckle dragging it’s not rocket science.
@@greatwhitenorthrc509 who are u talking about? Must be you so idc.
Fantastic vid brother, liked and subbed you my friend 😁👍😁👍
Thank you so much!
Your welcome my friend 🙂😁🙂
do you have any experiences that the plastic input gear is breaking all the time. Mine did it three times, two times on 2s, once on 3s (also brushless conersation). Is there any alternative to that plastic stuff?
I'll have to look into this. I have not had it break yet.
will the gears be fine with the stock motor and 2s lipo? i am interested in buying one and this is the only thing holding me back..
booper dooper I assume you know the answer now but yes, it just can’t handle a 3s but that’s cause the esc can’t handle it.
Dr Kinetics well, yes you are a bit late. Now I have bought an FTX vantage and the "not the pinion gear that is on the motor, the other one" gear worn out after 8-10 batteries. I am now looking for something stronger so I will never again have a problem.
www.arrmaforum.com/threads/mega-4x4-diff-input-gear-mod.5548/