Tip for the diff, get a fiber washer and shim it tighter. It will never break again, even with brushless power. Did it to mine and it will wheelie for days now. Also replaced the Driveshafts for hot racing steel cvd's.
Took my 1/18 Prerunner and converted it over to Bob. Put the brushless on it Traxxas ESC m3 and in 5 channel receiver. Put aluminum shocks on and turn them upside down, They just never break that way. Steel axles and aluminum body mounts, and added Teton tires. Runs like a beast, doesn't roll over, can do flips off of ramps. Run so much better than the prerunner stock. We wanted a Teton but couldn't get one so made Bob. Bob (bashing or breaking). Thanks for the video.
Very good video!! I have a fleet of 15 latrax models for my business and I have experienced all of those issues with the tetons and prerunners. These things are tough indeed and they seem to tolerate more abuse than my 1/10 scale traxxas models do. I love these things!! Thank you so much for the hacks!!
Did you have any tips for increasing longevity. I am building up a fleet of Prerunners for a kids program and want to make them bulletproof as possible. I am adding drywall tap and shoe goo to the underside to beef up the bodies, and I added high density foam between the body and bumpers so that the bodies flex less on crashes.
I always buy multiple of the differential gear sets. With brushless power they strip out frequently. Aluminum driveshafts are another thing I upgraded to match the power. Fun little cars!
Great tips! I have also had the following fail on my son's: servo, drive shafts and just recently the main gear. All are plastic and i replaced them with metal parts.
Surprised you never mentioned how easy the front diff bulkhead breaks. The upper control arms mount to differential bulkhead with a very small amount of plastic, my son broke it within 5 min of getting it home. Replaced the bulkhead , drove it for 20 min and the front wheel hit something and snapped it again. Replaced it and got rid of truck
How much do you need to spend these days for a decent 3D printer, that could make replacement parts like on the traxxas rc cars? Any suggestions on Brand's and models? Thanks!
I have the teton and i have to say i only replaced driveshafts to all metal and it works like magic. And the way you drive them at the end, mine stock is faster than your brushless "hot-rod". Dont know if traxxas changed gears or better motor or what but the difference is huge.
Try ur lipo battery with the brushed engine.. you can put the esc into lipo battery mode by holding the power button down to change, green light for lipo red light for nimh. The esc can run two cell lipo Max with stock hardware, get a lot more speed and run time.. hit me up sometime and I can share a video or pics for ur channel of how I installed a velcro strap so I can run a variety of batteries sizes
I have had my Teton about year now and after two week servo broke. Fast forward to last sunday the plus cable broke of from motor side so I soldered it back but other that this car is rock solid.
Can’t say enough about traxxas and the LaTrax line. Tip on the shocks if the do open. Get20 wt lite shock oil. Just a few drops work the air out by moving the shaft slowly before closing it up. Then the oem shock will have full damper resistants. Also upgraded ones. Be surprised there not filled half the time. Fiy and top tip you said. Dip the shocks oem. There stronger fliped. I love them made for everyone. If you want a great low entry starter price rtr. Or if you like to mod you can go s far as your can possibly imagine. Oh and I did the teton is had every part released. To Hobbypark metal to the frame. There made for you to make it you Small upgrades make it better I wanted to set out to make a fully customized teton to the air brushed body. As a show piece and to show what a À beautiful peace it is today. (Remember for every enhancement to to make it faster or a part stronger. There needs balance on between upgrades and what not been. Enjoy the upgrades don’t push it past the limits of what not been. I own 13 r/c car and trunk. From the 1/10th summit 1/16 summit, Ken blocks 16th rally. The teton and rally. Kyosho 18th rally. 2 Tamaya semi trucks. One fuel tanker and the other is a car transport, full functionality bed lift tilt and slide with winch to offload the small cars. It’s. And one tugboat started from a fiberglass mold. They are amazing the time in to the semi and tug yes the work on the three but what makes them priceless me and my father. Did them together. I love all he tastes are not off road or street. We make À perfect team. I get the greatest my love for R/C. And every moment I can with my dad. I’m 57 my dad just turn 80. He À engager what he can do with my first real car Tamaya sand buggy. I got 43 year ago. R/C is not a to, people don’t understand. Most think it’s a toy you buy for a child. That’s the introduction to what. Very big wold. Just wanted to share a story. Of my love life love for R/C. More the love between a father and a daughter. Enjoying every minute together. To the next build 🤔🧐 !! XO-1 😊
I would argue they are not tough at all lol! We didn't go a full charge with something breaking on ours until all the plastic parts were swapped for metal parts. We even burnt through the OG motor. But replacing the parts made for good bonding with my son.
Thanks for the video! Im deciding wether I want to keep upgrading my teton or just sell it and get something else. I'm considering primarily an lc racing/tacon car (they're alot like the wltoys stuff, but brushless and way better plastics). I love upgrading the teton but all the high wear items are kinda getting to me, lol.
Get a rustler 4x4 or if you want a monster truck then the Maxx 4wd. Vxl really makes the most difference for both and i highly suggest getting it, if you can spend the money! It's exactly what you're trying to do with youre little truck but reliable out of the box ready to go on a 2S 5000mah lipos. Very fast on 2S for the rustler. 40+ easy i dont have exact numbers for any of my cars and i have 6S buggys. You dont need the 3S right away. Get a 2x 2S lipo pack off ebay of a good brand and get one 3S battery pack as well for when you want to go for speed instead..
I just upgraded the second truck to brushless. Totally transforms the truck. Best $70 you can spend on them! But you will go through more axles and diffs.
Any way to really slow down the trucks? I'd like gentle walking speed to maximum half the stock top speed. It's for my grandson that will be turning 5 next month. Thanks
I also have 2 and I’ve upgraded the plastic spur gears to metal due to they ended up shearing the gears and I also upgraded the plastic axles to aluminum because somehow the kids broke the axles… and I’ve replaced the motors on both and now having to do it again, third time the charm? My guess is overheating… looking into something to help with cooling…
I got the metal gear set for like 8 bucks of my local dealer and just added those to my broken stock servo cost way less than 38bucks for a metal gear servo
Any current thoughts or suggestions on upgrades for the Teton!?! Is anything really necessary out of the box? If so, PLMK ASAP. Thanks for your time and the video.
As I said in the video, if you want to hotrod these Tetons, go on Amazon and order a brushless motor kit. You would also need to order some LiPo batteries, make sure to get the size that will fit. Warning: if you hotrod these cars, you should have a few spare parts hanging around, especially differentials. You can get differentials for about $12, they are available at larger hobby stores.
Hi, very good video. I have one issue with my teton, could you help me on that. Car is not running in straight line for both fwd and reverse even adjusted trim in remote control. Any fix for that. Thank you
That all changed when I converted to brushless motors and LiPo batteries. Now it's about 20 minutes to recharge. The LiPo upgrade is almost mandatory for increasing fun factor. However the axles should also be upgraded as the extra power destroys the plastic axles.
Hey man cool vid I not long bought one of these i like your tip on the upside-down shocks I will try that myself....the brushless seems slower than mine and it's stock is that esc on training mode or full power
I just ordered la trax Teton! Great video ! Do these cars last a long time in general with the servos and transmitter connections ? I don’t want to have to replace servo or any technical things in the short term .
Hello , I definitely need more speed from my Teton. Which motor and Esc did you purchase to upgrade ? I want to have the same setup as yours - Thank you for your time
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3 hours to charge the nimh? Don't use the charger that the Teton came with,use your lipo charger and use the nimh setting and charge it in a fraction of that time. Also at the end of the video I believe the brushed version was in training mode during the burnout. If you switch off the training mode it will most definitely do a waaaaay better burnout and have much greater acceleration,thanks
Both have now been converted to brushless and lipo, now breaking the plastic axles and diffs! But I have a supply of extras, highly recommended if you have these trucks.
Can't find it again sorry, but similar to this one: www.amazon.ca/ABLY-Precision-Screwdriver-Magnetic-Computer/dp/B08VHXHDCH/ref=sr_1_45?keywords=jewelers+screwdriver+set&qid=1638922649&sr=8-45
Traxxas stock servos seem cheap these last few years and always break. Whats nice about these models are all the upgraded part available. Perfect little bashers with metal gears and aluminum parts. Stick with plastic links they don’t bend.
Does anyone know if you can put a bigger motor like a 540 or 550 in these trucks? I wanna get my niece one so she can play with me and my dad but I’d wanna run a high mah lipo (for more runtime, less charge time) and I heard a few people say the motor gets too hot on 2s? Maybe that guy was just hammering it through tall grass or somethin?
There is only room for a 370 motor. The motor does get a bit hot if you are doing a lot of accelerating, but you can pick up a fan and heatsink off of amazon that will fit.
Why not just get more oil for the shocks? How cheap are you jeez… shock oil for that would probably cost less than $1. Or just buy a $5 bottle and it will last you for many years
This thing is a major piece of shit imo, stock motor burns out with hardly any use. Also had the steering servo shitting the bed and the diff started clicking away. All with hardly any use, one thing after the other, not abusing it either just burning around on my drive way. Major pos for "hobby grade"
Tip for the diff, get a fiber washer and shim it tighter. It will never break again, even with brushless power. Did it to mine and it will wheelie for days now. Also replaced the Driveshafts for hot racing steel cvd's.
Took my 1/18 Prerunner and converted it over to Bob. Put the brushless on it Traxxas ESC m3 and in 5 channel receiver. Put aluminum shocks on and turn them upside down, They just never break that way. Steel axles and aluminum body mounts, and added Teton tires. Runs like a beast, doesn't roll over, can do flips off of ramps. Run so much better than the prerunner stock. We wanted a Teton but couldn't get one so made Bob. Bob (bashing or breaking). Thanks for the video.
Very good video!! I have a fleet of 15 latrax models for my business and I have experienced all of those issues with the tetons and prerunners. These things are tough indeed and they seem to tolerate more abuse than my 1/10 scale traxxas models do. I love these things!! Thank you so much for the hacks!!
Did you have any tips for increasing longevity. I am building up a fleet of Prerunners for a kids program and want to make them bulletproof as possible. I am adding drywall tap and shoe goo to the underside to beef up the bodies, and I added high density foam between the body and bumpers so that the bodies flex less on crashes.
I always buy multiple of the differential gear sets. With brushless power they strip out frequently. Aluminum driveshafts are another thing I upgraded to match the power. Fun little cars!
Great info! Glad there's no breakage of a arms and knuckles.
Cheap Mastercraft tools, LOUD hawaiian shirt, Latrax cars...my kind of guy !
Nice to hear from a brother!
Great tips! I have also had the following fail on my son's: servo, drive shafts and just recently the main gear. All are plastic and i replaced them with metal parts.
Surprised you never mentioned how easy the front diff bulkhead breaks. The upper control arms mount to differential bulkhead with a very small amount of plastic, my son broke it within 5 min of getting it home. Replaced the bulkhead , drove it for 20 min and the front wheel hit something and snapped it again. Replaced it and got rid of truck
Thank you so much! This helped me to find out that my teton's diff was stripped and now I can get it fixed!
Trailer park fixes 101. Loved it.
Good notes! Alot of the parts you can print off with a 3d printer as well it's been a life saver!
How much do you need to spend these days for a decent 3D printer, that could make replacement parts like on the traxxas rc cars?
Any suggestions on Brand's and models?
Thanks!
I have the teton and i have to say i only replaced driveshafts to all metal and it works like magic. And the way you drive them at the end, mine stock is faster than your brushless "hot-rod". Dont know if traxxas changed gears or better motor or what but the difference is huge.
You are a huge help! Thanks a lot for the tips! Definitely helps. 🤘
Try ur lipo battery with the brushed engine.. you can put the esc into lipo battery mode by holding the power button down to change, green light for lipo red light for nimh. The esc can run two cell lipo Max with stock hardware, get a lot more speed and run time.. hit me up sometime and I can share a video or pics for ur channel of how I installed a velcro strap so I can run a variety of batteries sizes
Awesome vid and edits and filming and car and tips
Great tips i drive mine on the street but the suspension arms always break but now i know for the shocks
For those who like name brand tools I'd highly suggest klein tools 27 in 1 screw driver. It's a little terminating screwdriver and works great
I have had my Teton about year now and after two week servo broke. Fast forward to last sunday the plus cable broke of from motor side so I soldered it back but other that this car is rock solid.
Great video
Can’t say enough about traxxas and the LaTrax line.
Tip on the shocks if the do open. Get20 wt lite shock oil. Just a few drops work the air out by moving the shaft slowly before closing it up. Then the oem shock will have full damper resistants. Also upgraded ones. Be surprised there not filled half the time. Fiy and top tip you said. Dip the shocks oem. There stronger fliped.
I love them made for everyone. If you want a great low entry starter price rtr. Or if you like to mod you can go s far as your can possibly imagine. Oh and I did the teton is had every part released. To Hobbypark metal to the frame.
There made for you to make it you Small upgrades make it better
I wanted to set out to make a fully customized teton to the air brushed body. As a show piece and to show what a À beautiful peace it is today. (Remember for every enhancement to to make it faster or a part stronger. There needs balance on between upgrades and what not been. Enjoy the upgrades don’t push it past the limits of what not been.
I own 13 r/c car and trunk. From the 1/10th summit 1/16 summit, Ken blocks 16th rally. The teton and rally. Kyosho 18th rally. 2 Tamaya semi trucks. One fuel tanker and the other is a car transport, full functionality bed lift tilt and slide with winch to offload the small cars. It’s. And one tugboat started from a fiberglass mold. They are amazing the time in to the semi and tug yes the work on the three but what makes them priceless me and my father. Did them together.
I love all he tastes are not off road or street. We make À perfect team. I get the greatest my love for R/C. And every moment I can with my dad. I’m 57 my dad just turn 80. He À engager what he can do with my first real car Tamaya sand buggy. I got 43 year ago.
R/C is not a to, people don’t understand. Most think it’s a toy you buy for a child. That’s the introduction to what. Very big wold.
Just wanted to share a story. Of my love life love for R/C. More the love between a father and a daughter. Enjoying every minute together.
To the next build 🤔🧐 !! XO-1 😊
I would argue they are not tough at all lol! We didn't go a full charge with something breaking on ours until all the plastic parts were swapped for metal parts. We even burnt through the OG motor. But replacing the parts made for good bonding with my son.
Great tips n help thank you
great tips... thanks for making, really helpful
I used washers for the shock collars
Thanks for the video! Im deciding wether I want to keep upgrading my teton or just sell it and get something else. I'm considering primarily an lc racing/tacon car (they're alot like the wltoys stuff, but brushless and way better plastics). I love upgrading the teton but all the high wear items are kinda getting to me, lol.
Get a rustler 4x4 or if you want a monster truck then the Maxx 4wd. Vxl really makes the most difference for both and i highly suggest getting it, if you can spend the money!
It's exactly what you're trying to do with youre little truck but reliable out of the box ready to go on a 2S 5000mah lipos. Very fast on 2S for the rustler. 40+ easy i dont have exact numbers for any of my cars and i have 6S buggys.
You dont need the 3S right away. Get a 2x 2S lipo pack off ebay of a good brand and get one 3S battery pack as well for when you want to go for speed instead..
Nice video! I just got a Teton from a friend. It needs a little fixing up. I'm hoping to upgrade to the brushless motor soon
I just upgraded the second truck to brushless. Totally transforms the truck. Best $70 you can spend on them! But you will go through more axles and diffs.
Any way to really slow down the trucks? I'd like gentle walking speed to maximum half the stock top speed. It's for my grandson that will be turning 5 next month. Thanks
If you buy the arrma granite grom you can turn down the power from the radio. It goes 50% 75% and 100%
What batteries and charger are you using for 15 min charge time? Do you have a link? And do you need an adapter? What’s that called?
Awesome and informative video my RC friend. Subscribing for more 🤘
I also have 2 and I’ve upgraded the plastic spur gears to metal due to they ended up shearing the gears and I also upgraded the plastic axles to aluminum because somehow the kids broke the axles… and I’ve replaced the motors on both and now having to do it again, third time the charm? My guess is overheating… looking into something to help with cooling…
I got the metal gear set for like 8 bucks of my local dealer and just added those to my broken stock servo cost way less than 38bucks for a metal gear servo
I'm about to buy one of these cars for my daughter. Will the batteries from my 1/16 Revo fit in the tray??
Any current thoughts or suggestions on upgrades for the Teton!?! Is anything really necessary out of the box? If so, PLMK ASAP. Thanks for your time and the video.
As I said in the video, if you want to hotrod these Tetons, go on Amazon and order a brushless motor kit. You would also need to order some LiPo batteries, make sure to get the size that will fit. Warning: if you hotrod these cars, you should have a few spare parts hanging around, especially differentials. You can get differentials for about $12, they are available at larger hobby stores.
Thanks for the tips!
What charger do you use to charge the battery in 30 minutes? Are you charging at 1C or higher?
In my case i put diff fluid to reduce the were, help a lot
Hi, very good video. I have one issue with my teton, could you help me on that. Car is not running in straight line for both fwd and reverse even adjusted trim in remote control. Any fix for that. Thank you
What's the thought about flipping the shocks 180degrees..?
Can u please tell me what kind of battery you have
Will a 2s lipo burn up stock motor
The first link when clicked on it said looked everywhere the kit didn't show up and can you put the link for where you got your metal servo?
Arms are so cheap. 3 broken in 3 days. We've juste recieved the RPM models, can't wait to install and check them.
3-hour charge time? How are you charging that battery? Mine charges in roughly 20 minutes. I have the big Traxxas charger
That all changed when I converted to brushless motors and LiPo batteries. Now it's about 20 minutes to recharge. The LiPo upgrade is almost mandatory for increasing fun factor. However the axles should also be upgraded as the extra power destroys the plastic axles.
Hey man cool vid I not long bought one of these i like your tip on the upside-down shocks I will try that myself....the brushless seems slower than mine and it's stock is that esc on training mode or full power
Looks like training mode to me
Put an lipo battery but you need to configure it to run on lipo and that will rip like the brushless one!! i have done it!!!
Should I upgrade it and is there any different between the new one and the old one
What Lopo battery did you use
I just ordered la trax Teton! Great video ! Do these cars last a long time in general with the servos and transmitter connections ? I don’t want to have to replace servo or any technical things in the short term .
I broke my servo in like three months from a full speed crash but everything else is durable! As long as u don’t bash to much it will survive
can you run the brushed one on 3s lipos?
Replace the tires with the sst tires. Better performance.
link?
Hello , I definitely need more speed from my Teton. Which motor and Esc did you purchase to upgrade ? I want to have the same setup as yours - Thank you for your time
If you look I provided a link in the description
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Wht battery can I upgrade to with stick Teton car ?
3 hours to charge the nimh? Don't use the charger that the Teton came with,use your lipo charger and use the nimh setting and charge it in a fraction of that time. Also at the end of the video I believe the brushed version was in training mode during the burnout. If you switch off the training mode it will most definitely do a waaaaay better burnout and have much greater acceleration,thanks
Both have now been converted to brushless and lipo, now breaking the plastic axles and diffs! But I have a supply of extras, highly recommended if you have these trucks.
@@timallix4407 great thank you
I just picked one up today and slapped a 2s brushless system in it
Why u flip the shock? Can i know the reason
It was a tip I received from another TH-camr. I am not sure that it makes a difference.
Do you a link to your screw driver set
Can't find it again sorry, but similar to this one: www.amazon.ca/ABLY-Precision-Screwdriver-Magnetic-Computer/dp/B08VHXHDCH/ref=sr_1_45?keywords=jewelers+screwdriver+set&qid=1638922649&sr=8-45
@@timallix4407 thx
Traxxas stock servos seem cheap these last few years and always break.
Whats nice about these models are all the upgraded part available. Perfect little bashers with metal gears and aluminum parts. Stick with plastic links they don’t bend.
Run to the pantry grab some veggie oil...stick it in your shocks. Free
You can buy new collars it gets 2 and some other parts for like $8 I had 2 buy some
I’ve had it for to years the wire ripped that’s all I’m to lazy to fix it
Decent watermelons shirt sir.
Why thank you sir. One of my faves.
Just tell us you lost the clip for the battery holder. :P
Does anyone know if you can put a bigger motor like a 540 or 550 in these trucks? I wanna get my niece one so she can play with me and my dad but I’d wanna run a high mah lipo (for more runtime, less charge time) and I heard a few people say the motor gets too hot on 2s? Maybe that guy was just hammering it through tall grass or somethin?
There is only room for a 370 motor. The motor does get a bit hot if you are doing a lot of accelerating, but you can pick up a fan and heatsink off of amazon that will fit.
I keep blowing the diffs
Just go to your LHS and get a bottle of shock oil
Good info for the most part. Tape though? Lol Nah
Lol
Why not just get more oil for the shocks? How cheap are you jeez… shock oil for that would probably cost less than $1. Or just buy a $5 bottle and it will last you for many years
All I have to say is wow and not in a good way
This thing is a major piece of shit imo, stock motor burns out with hardly any use. Also had the steering servo shitting the bed and the diff started clicking away. All with hardly any use, one thing after the other, not abusing it either just burning around on my drive way. Major pos for "hobby grade"