JLB CHEETAH - WHAT BREAKS & WOULD I BUY IT AGAIN
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- ✅JLB Cheetah 120a from Amazon:
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✅JLB Cheetah 120a from Banggood:
www.banggood.com/custlink/GGD...
✅Upgraded red lower arm brackets:
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✅Tires used In this video:
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✅Body clip straps (4 pack):
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✅Body clip straps (12 pack):
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The JLB cheetah was our second Hobby Grade RC car. This is the 120a version. You can even buy this as a roller and choose your own electronics.
Like any RC that is pushed to its limits, it’s going to break, but does this one break too easily? I’ll show you everything I like and don’t like about it, and all the parts that I’ve broken along with what I’m surprised hasn’t been damaged yet. We will bash it for a few minutes to show you its skill set, and then my final thoughts.
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Awesome review! I’ve looked at this car several times through the years and never hit the button on it . I don’t run my cars quite as hard as you, as I’m limited to time and money to make repairs much of the time. Making all these mods to make it better kinda will sway me from buying one of these. I don’t mind wrenching, but I don’t love it either. Usually because when I do, I’m doing it when I should be sleeping for work. Wish I had more time, but it’s just not in the cards. You did a really great job exploiting what to watch out for, and shared what’s to like about this. Great channel and very great and useful review brother!👊🏼💯💯💥
As always, thanks!! Ya it’s definitely hard to actually recommend this car, but it sure is a blast when it’s all in one piece!
😊.
I remember when this MONSTER came out, i was drooling 😅,big beefy brute with meatball tyres ,didn't know they had reliability issues 😮🤠🤘
Ya unfortunately at this price point, might as well get a 4s outcast! So promising though!
Big ups on all the 4one1 there fella!! So dang cold here! The sign is a nice touch
You bet! Once you decide you need some of these upgrades, I put the links in the description lol. May want to go ahead and get them before you need them 🤣
@@DerbyCityRC order going in later
Awesome!
my boy saved up for ages to get this car. its been the bane of my life !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dude I get it. It went down hill even more after this video. I bought it after watching extensive reviews on it and only can figure they hid the problems with it in the videos. It literally broke every single time I drove it whether it was easy or hard bashing. I’ve got it sitting in a box with probably $80 worth of spare parts and I’ve been searching for the dark place in my heart to try to post in on eBay for like $100 for all of it. I’m sorry your son got this too as there is much better out there for even cheaper 😥. It performs so well but it’s fragile.
@@DerbyCityRC Thanks for posting the truth. He was so happy and proud to earn the money to get it, so happy when it arrived... then it broke - like everytime he used it !! it broke my heart to see his efforts and joy wiped out again and again. ive spent all i can in money and time fixing it, and its been sitting in the shed needing another fix, for ages. This car has destroyed his interest in rc cars.
Keep up the good work. And thanks again.
@JonsRegularStuff man I get it. It was my first decent RC purchase so it almost destroyed mine too. I can recommend a couple cars for you that are around $100-$150 that may reignite that spark that don’t break easily and then go from there. They’re smaller, but still fun. Or if you want recommendations on a bigger car like the cheetah that’s around the same price, let me know. The cheetah sucks and I’m sure it’s done this to more than you and I.
thank u i was about 2 get one seems cool but brakes allot i dont have a lot of time to fix or money great vid thanks again new sub
Thanks man! Glad I saved you the trouble. I could have bought an 8s outcast with what I spent on this car and all the replacement parts I’ve put on it.
One awkward landing off a big jump and it breaks easy, I have the latest orange shelled model and mine broke first time out on the rear bulkhead above the diff cover on the rear as it landed on the wheelie bar. Its a power house of a truck though, I still like it and parts are cheap
Yep! That’s exactly what happened to mine 2 or 3 times and why I made that chassis brace. But yes, absolutely a fun truck and cheap to fix. Just starts to add up pretty quickly lol.
Im interested in getting one for racing but I dont want to wrench more than I drive. Hopefully normal driving wont be as bad. Good video. Similar taste in rc cars.
Normal driving not as bad lol.
Thanks!!
Awesome vid champ
Perfect car...i had the cheetah j speed 3
Perfect cars..and fast. Enjoy champ👑
Thanks dude!
@@DerbyCityRC enjoy champ..you alsow welcome to check my new vid..😝
I got mine as a Black Friday special at $199.99 from Banggood when Covid 1st broke out about 2yrs(November 2019) ago but the shipping took about 3months because it was coming back ordered from China and customs likes to take their sweet time. BUT I love everything about mine EXCEPT the wing. I hate it because it is the only part that CONSTANTLY breaks off and the mount has to be replaced so now I only have the wing on for shows when I'm doing LIGHT jumps/bashing. Other than that, when I'm ripping hard and jumping high or crazy, I remove the wing so the mount doesn't break and I don't tear up the wing. Ya, parts break here and there , BUT that is expected when you bash as hard as myself and others do. ALL cars break when you heavy bash. it comes with the territory. Thankfully, replacement parts are cheap. I'm gonna take your advise and add the chassis brace from tower to tower and see if that will help reduce the breakages. I don't expect it to be an "everything" fix, but it should help reduce some breakages like the linkages. And thanks for the advise. Bash on, brother!
Nice! That’s a reasonable price for the cheetah. I got mine for $389 with one battery. The chassis brace keeps the bulkheads from breaking, and keeps the axles and drive cups(for whatever reason) from breaking. But I still have broken other parts since then. Definitely worth doing that brace!
Thanks for watching!!!
Yes buy the red parts and u do fine, I got two of the... It doesn't like the jumping like he does in the vid, but bashing in the sand, mud or forrest it's perfect. Kraton breaks more the cheetah tbh
You do put your rc cars trough some tough punishment. I think you would have less breakage on all of them if you don't jump on concrete. I don't know of any car that can survive your landings on that hard of a surface. It's good to see that anyway so more power to you.
Ya I do kinda like concrete landings. Lol but at that house that was the only good way to get a good run up to the ramp so had to stay straight on the sidewalk. We’re getting a new house soon so may have a different setup.
Thanks for the honest review mate. Can you tell me what battery straps you are using? And do you think upgrading to metal suspension arms will resolve the driveshaft bending issue?
Your welcome! I have a set of these:
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And a set of these: amzn.to/3DcbKYj
depending on what size battery I’m using. I cant remember which ones I used for this video.
I think metal arms would cause other things to break. I definitely wouldn’t go that route unless you were staying out of the air. Those metal braces I built and mounted on the top of the chassis helped more than anything. I have a few different videos showing a couple upgrades I’ve done that help this car immensely!
It's good that you show the hop ups and reinforcements you have done. I plugged 2 of the 4 holes in all the plastic shock valves and it worked great. You may bend standoffs more but you then can play with oil viscosity. Can you suggest a new basher to me?
Nice idea. What did you use to block two holes? One of my favorite RTR bashers would be the rival MT10. amzn.to/3EcJ57D I have a few videos on this thing and hope to eventually do a comparison video between the cheetah and the mt10. Also I have a video coming out in just a few hours with a cheap RC and some cheap upgrades that make it a great basher.
First off I used a soldering iron to melt the plastic around the holes and kinda drag plastic into the holes doing both sides it's easy. I only bent one standoff on a high jump so far. Second thanks I subscribed to you. I don't do this much but you are getting your kids Into a good hobby. My first rc truck was an associated rc10 many moons ago. I really do hope you get a lot of followers. Don't stop I think thumbnails are important. Thanks again I wish you the best.
Great idea 👍
Thanks I appreciate that!
We hope so too 😃
Best RC Channel ever!🎉
Thanks maaaaaaan!!!!!
My axle broke too on the versionone cheetah RC car but I have two axles coming this Sunday
Never fun to break parts!
I have some other videos showing some strength upgrades that might be beneficial to you if you haven’t seen them yet. Glad your new axles are almost to you!
I was about to buy one just the other day, and I would have until I noticed the price drop on the arrma senton blx v3 . Impossible to pass up an arrma blx around the same price.
I agree. The cheetah is crazy expensive for the low quality. I’ve been considering a senton as well!
Stil a great car
I love to see how you did the brace... Thanks!
Watch this one if you haven’t yet. I bash the crap out of it then I show a few more details about it. And yes, I’ll have more details on it soon. Definitely worth the time to make it!JLB CHEETAH durability upgrade EPIC BASH TESTING
th-cam.com/video/GkQhvT-SIzY/w-d-xo.html
@@DerbyCityRC thank you, I have not. I'll give this video a whirl. I recently ordered the red shock towers (ea1023) too. I snapped one at the rear upper arm pins where those little plastic cups reside... I really hope those are as strong as the lower arm pinholders (ea1005).
I’m sure they are stronger. I was surprised this video was the first time I bent one of the stock shock towers! I’ll likely be going with the red ones too!
@@DerbyCityRC mind me picking your brain for a bit about the dogbones? I just received some spare ones. While installing them I noticed they didn't arrive with the little fixed pin holders (part 51 in the manual or EA1061). I really don't like the axles flopping around in the cup while the stock ones don't seem to fit. Did you have any issues or did you just order the complete assembly as replacement?
@@Deimos000 I don’t mind! Actually I’m having trouble understanding what you mean. What I received was the same as stock, except the “upgraded” ones didn’t come with the wheel adapter end. I believe the part number for these is ea1078. You can send me a picture of what you mean to my email at derbycityrc@yahoo.com.
Thats what I was looking for, I wanted to buy new wheels and I know what to buy now all the upgrades. All the upgrades I will install
Can you give me link to the upgraded shafts
Coming in a few minutes!
Actually These are currently out of stock on Banggood so it won’t let me link them right now. But really, only one of my axles currently on the car is the upgraded one. They seemed to break just as easily. They all stopped breaking after doing that chassis brace mod.
@@DerbyCityRC ok thanks
You bet!
Just purchased the 120a cheetah The differential and pinion gear keep grinding down what do you recommend for upgraded parts thank you
3 times already if you Could help I would really appreciate it thank you
Same keeps happening to me. Front diff. I’m going to experiment with shims in the front diff soon so if there is currently too much play, that should help.
The main problem is that this particular rc is not a basher although they advertise it as one, I mainly run the hell out of it and must say that I'm quite satisfied with it. For a Chinese rc that is !!!!!
I agree! They advertise it as one and it looks and acts like one, but it can’t stand up to it. I’m satisfied with how fun it is to bash, lol, just not with the breakage 🤣
Sorry your last comment got deleted by YT. What did you open your shocks with?
@@DerbyCityRC What ? YT doesn't approve of what I write ? Anyhow I open them with a shock shaft pliers wrench ( special pliers for the shocks ). I believe that my comment got shot down cause I used a link from BG. ( I will write everything in acronyms to keep them YT guys wondering !!! ) So you can buy them at BG and trust me when I say that OMG they really work. I tried lots of different methods and I was always saying WTF these things just won't open. So FYI if you want to unscrew them, you should ASAP buy one of these thingies. BRGDS !!!😁
Ya they delete a lot of comments. Way too sensitive of a spam filter. Thanks for that, I’ll order one most likely!
@@DerbyCityRC I'm glad if could help. Keep on making great videos, greetings from Greece.
What would you recommend between this and the big rock, for someone who doesn't have too much time to wrench on it? (you have the kraton so maybe you can extrapolate for the big rock)
JLB is cheaper to buy but it seems it needs a few upgrades to make it decent, so it puts it into the same money territory sort of as the big rock.
Good questions. If you run them and jump them like I do, the Kraton does have more durability for sure. I can’t be sure about the big rock, though. The cheetah has much cheaper parts than the Kraton does. So it’s almost a toss up on which one is better. Overall, Arrma certainly makes higher quality RCs than the Cheetah, so I would probably choose the big rock if it has similar speeds and torque. I’m not sure what motor system they put in that one.
Big rock i have both
Definitely. My positive opinion on the cheetah has dwindled to nothing. The granite is awesome, big rock probably handles just a bit better though with the longer wheel base
Hey my jlb racing cheetah 80amp esc is dead ...can I upgrade 120amp esc to same set up ie transmitter and receiver or i need different transmitter and rx?
That should work just fine. The 120a esc should hook up like normal to the original receiver. I don’t believe anything else would need to be changed 👍
Like your video. Honestly I baby my Cheetah. I never do flaps or anything but my rear left A-arm did pop out of it's socket and was a bitch to pop back in. Is there a solution?
The upper arm I assume? No solution that i know of. There are little metal cups to replace the plastic ones but I don’t think that would help. And yes the whole car is a pain to work on except for differential removal lol
I wonder what kind of tire you are using. Can I have a link to the product address please?
Absolutely. These are what I use. It’s a set of 2. Definitely awesome tires and fit without modifications!
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What bigger motor can you recommend
When my stock motor went out, I put this one in. Been pretty good, but these cars are fragile, not sure I’d recommend much bigger. Lots of power and clocked it at 48 mph I think. amzn.to/3C62shL
You need motor support under the end of the can.
True, but this car is a lost cause lol gonna be selling line as a roller soon
Dumb question... How do you remove jlb wheel, I mean after you take off the screw?...looks stuck.. should I try to force pull it out? Don't want to brake something 😬
Yes the first time you remove each wheel it is difficult. I pulled while gently tapping the axle with a hammer. Took a few minutes. Careful no to damage the threads.
@@DerbyCityRC OK.. I'll try... 10x
OMG very im4mative plz sir rply if u can,wat do u recommend if not dis cheeta,for 270 dollars its d only 1:10 scale cheap big has speed and battery but its not dat durable,wat can u recommend other than dis cheeta? I live in asia so 4give my english mr. TY so much for ur great vids i can see u r a TRUE BULLY haha ❤️
Glad this was informative for you! A large car for $270 really just won’t be reliable. My next large scale car will probably be a Traxxas Maxx, but after a decent set of batteries, you’re looking at close to $700. There are some Arrma RCs that you can get for around that price, but they won’t be as fast. Any car is going to break, the cheetah just breaks too much in my opinion.
@@DerbyCityRC ty so much for ur time mr,u really give me an idea on how to handle cheeta im ordering it now at banggood so sad dat jbl cheeta 11101 is only i can afford i guess i will only use use 50% of its speed and just run it around in open grass land haha 700 dollars is really out of my reach jaha i hope it will last if i just be careful about it, 1 last question mister does d gears on cheatah strip ez on full power?anyways mr. Ty ao much for ur time i alrdy sub and gonna watch mor of ur vids,hope many mor subs and views for ur vids ty 💕
The cheetah is super fun for sure. I do recommend the 120a version over the 80a version. I’ve heard worse things about the 80a version. But definitely fun in fields and less likely to break. You should be able to find the 11101 after clicking on the link I left in the video description as well (using that link does help us out 🤗).
Thanks so much for subscribing and watching, very glad you like our videos!
@@DerbyCityRC ty mister GL TCA
Traxxas maxx(widemaxx last model)... It's the most durable and 60mph...but it costs double :)
DIG!!
Ya buddy!
Upgrade it and it's gold.
For your information the shocks do not have any juice in them and you should pay attention when trying to open these suckers cause they have superglue on their caps and it's a bitch to open them.
That’s good to know. One of mine almost looks like it leaks, but probably just grease. I have heard they are difficult to open! Thanks for the info!
Love my 21101. I got it on AliExpress on some random late summer sale for around $250. Every time I have broken something it's been my own fault.
With that being said I have a handful of extra spoiler mounts and a couple sets of control arm brackets. The parts are dirt cheap!
I love it too! When it’s not broken lol. Doesn’t hold up well for what I like to use it for. But after I did that chassis brace, it holds up great if always lands on its wheels, but then the front diff still wears out lol
@@DerbyCityRC what viscosity diff fluid are you using?
@@DerbyCityRC also there are a lot of 3D printed part files out there for free! I don't have a 3D printer yet but I got a guy.
I haven’t changed any of that yet. Have you found good info on that?
Unfortunately I don’t gotta guy lol.
JBL Cheetah is one of the best.
It’s an absolute animal and so fun to drive. Probably one of the most fun cars I have. I just can’t keep it from breaking. Lol. But I go above and beyond with my jumps sometimes.
@@DerbyCityRC
I have one also this car is strong.
I run my mostly for Speed Racing on the grass and dirt but I never jump.
There's a guy on here named RC Teng.
Whenever I have a question about about my Diff, Pinion Gear, ESC ,Servo, Calibrate, I asked him because he have JLB cars.
Ya I’ve seen his videos.
I have some videos on JLB diff service and other things too.
I break a differential almost every time I run that thing. Lol!
@@DerbyCityRC
ok.
cheetno
Pretty much lol.
Absolutely no
Agreed!
I had this exact model.. i hated that everytime i ran it, something would brake on it, ended up grabing some used traxxas rustler 4x4 and and arrma granite 4x4 and they are way better cars than this jlb junk!
Ya it’s terrible lol.
I ran it for a comparison video a couple months ago but besides that it’s been a solid year since I’ve used it. Many other cars are just way better.
Where is your partner in crime?
Unfortunately he was at his grandparents house when I recorded this one 😀
That thing is a complete POS..I wouldn’t waste a dime on the thing..
Agreed lol!