RPM Suspension ARMS for “The CHEAPEST Traxxas Slash” Project - HOW to INSTALL VIDEO
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- In this video I put RPM suspension arms on the front and rear of my Traxxas Slash 2wd that I dubbed “the Cheapest Traxxas Slash” Project. This is an In-depth Installation video.
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I subscribed and rang the bell. Very helpful buddy. Thank ya!
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!
I always get hiped when i see the massage from youtube that you uploaded new slash video
I’m glad you like the uploads! 😉
This was so helpful, this video makes my first repair super easy😅
Glad it helped!
The good and the bad with rpm yes they don't break as often . Yes when you use them everything around them breaks more. 😆 Gotta love R C
Omg aluminum caster block but plastic shock caps whyyyyyyy 😂 broke shock caps day 1 never broke a caster block not even at skate park landing from 30 feet in air. Shock caps metal drive shaft first mod . They break the most. Gotta love R C
Neither of those things have broken on me yet and I’ve taken it to the skatepark before. Shock caps and the driveshafts have been fine so far
When you put the arm pins back in, you should have put them in the other way so they're accessible. That way you don't need to take all that stuff off if you need to do that again.
You’re 100 percent right about that…I should have made them easily accessible
I did the jato wide arm conversion on mine. She lands so much smoother. I bought my slash at a pawn shop no remote. Now there's only 4 things left stock. Awesome rc
You put jato arms on your 2wd slash?
@@RCKnockout yes.
@@danksolution1693 nice! Do they fit on pretty easily?
@@RCKnockout you have to trim the arms a little to make wide enough for the bulkheads. It's not enough to compromise the strength... the front arms I swapped sides. They fit better that way.
@@danksolution1693 nice! Sounds like a nice upgrade! Haven’t heard of that one before. Are jato arms the same as the erevo arms?
I broke my drive shafts after i put the spektrum 3-6s ESC in it. I have RPM A-Aems and I'm having troubles finding upgraded ones that are long enough. They're a tad longer than the stock arms.
Been wanting a 2wd the older version of the team associated 2wd sct got discontinued...can you use the rear arms onto the front of the 2wd slash? To have 4 of the same arms all around
No they have different part numbers
I’m so confused with mine, for some reason in the rear arms it has like barely any travel, way less than stock. It looks squated and I can’t fix it. It’s the normal arms and it’s 2wd. There on the right sides.
Did you have to take the rear arms off at one point in the past? The heads for the screws should have been facing outwards. Maybe factory mistake?
Nope never took it apart until then. In the videos I watched they were screwed in from the back so it definitely took more work to get it apart
@@RCKnockout yeah idk why that is tho. On my stampede it's from the back. That means either the factory makes the rear end, then bolts it to the chassis after, or a ghost took apart and fixed ur truck lol
@@brysonkuhn3290 it was like that when I bought it so I don’t know lol 😂
Right! They should've been the other direction.
Love the videos on the 2wd and 4wd projects I just picked up a 2wd and out the compensating arms I just noticed the front wheel hex is thicker. should I put a thinner hex or leave the wide one
Glad you’re enjoying the videos! Yeah you should be able to leave them on there…it might look kinda funny with the wider arms though
Quick question. Do you know just how long the front offset compensating arm is? Im building an on-road slash and the wheels are too far in the 310mm wide body.
Honestly I have no clue…sorry I couldn’t be more help
Trust me brother aluminum shock caps as the next upgrade
That was my first alomimninum upgrade
We will see. I haven’t had any issues with the stock caps though
@@RCKnockout after a few big jumps the threads inside the cap strip out, trust me it happens to all of us
@@insanerc9585 probably a matter of time until it happens to me then
Super helpful I did the RPMs as well on my Senton and the camber and toe has been off ever since my servo is slowly dying is that a thing? Someone mentioned maybe the bell crank it’s too heavy because it’s aluminum thanks for the input look forward to your videos again
So your toe angle is pointed outward now because of the rpm arms?
@@RCKnockout I think mine were a little inwards it’s hard to tell when you stare at it for a while lol. And the camber was also inwards a little
@@Mrjazzzery that’s weird they were inward. Mine were cambered in and toed out quite a bit. So I had to lengthen both of those links to get them straightened up again.
I think when I smashed the front end the week of down time and moving around the car, the tie rods might have been spinning a certain direction just from moving around since the control arm was snapped off
@@Mrjazzzery bummer man! That kinda stuff does happen when you use your rcs. It’s part of the fun! 👍😊
hey sorry for late response how have they held up.Also how do you keep ur slash so clean it’s amazing!
They’ve held up great! No issues…..it’s not as clean as it was In this video lol 😂
I just use compressed air unless it’s muddy then I’ll wash it with the hose
@@RCKnockout do you take out the electronics when you hose it?
@@asapplayz6912 no I hose them down too……I don’t use high pressure when I’m spraying off the electronic though and I make sure to dry them with compressed air afterwards
@@RCKnockout ok thanks for the help.
@@asapplayz6912 you’re welcome 😉
Will those fit on a nitro rustler?
I would doubt it but I’m not 100% sure
What are those gear looking things in the bag?
No clue it didn’t say on the directions? I can only assume it’s something for the camber adjustment maybe 🤔
Those are the RPM Spindle Drive adapters for the RPM Revolver wheels.
Imo the rpm a arms are not really an upgrade. They are just different. Broke a stock a arm after alot of abuse. Replaced front and rears with rpms. A minor crash caused the front pivot to tear right out of the hinge pin. I was like...what is this junk? Lol. Unless I find a real upgrade think I'll go back to the stock ones.
The pins come out cause the plastic is very flexible. The plastic is much better quality than stock arms
@@RCKnockout no the pin didn't pop out cause it's flexible. The pin is intact and the arm itself tore off. Like if you cut through it with a knife and then used a screw driver to pop it off the pin. Kinda hard to explain but for the life of me I can't see why it would break there. There cheap enough and after watching e1 say how good these a arms are, I was expecting better. Maybe I got a weak one.
I totally enjoy this rc but when I first got it I beat the daylights out of it flawlessly. Then one part broke and I upgraded to aluminum. Then another part, and so on. Now it's almost every outing and something new breaks. I'm beginning to think that if you stay stock all the components work together and spread the stress. Once you upgrade a part all the stress goes to the weaker parts and they break more often. Oh well. I gotta upgrade my shocks. LOL
@@MrPawPaw that’s surprising! You definitely have a point. Sometimes it’s not worth upgrading. Just keep it stock and fix it with stock parts when it does break
@@MrPawPawI think the only thing you can upgrade without other parts breaking is an RPM bulk head. I completely understand the piece by piece breaking when you upgrade lol.
@@MikeLandis-vv8jp wow. 3 years flew by. lol. About a year ago I replaced the chasis with the low one. Best upgrade ever. Slash runs so much better. I am running the rpm arms with no further issues. I think I just had a bad one. All in all I stopped trying to do what the you tubers do. Hahahaha. Yea it’s fun jumping and flipping but it gets expensive after awhile. Have fun. It’s a cool hobby.
When are you gonna work on projecz 100mph slash?
Pretty soon. In the next few weeks hopefully
i use rpm on all my cars
Nice man! 😉