Just ordered xmaxx8s(green) today, been watching your vids very informative and detailed, will be checking all 3 diff, shocks, screws, cush for slop if yes than 6mm O-ring, the esc 6 and the 46 tooth steel gear look like nice upgrades (may do this sooner than later), your vids will keep it trucking nice.
Excellent video !! Having the same experience w my 8s shredding 18/46 traxxas gears,I ordered Hot Racing spur/pinion combination so hopefully I’ll get this damn xmaxx sorted
Is a great informative video. Not sure if it did then but the cush drive now has a plastic washer with 2 slots that fir over the pin and hold it secure. But they wear too. So I do like the o-ring method and gonna have to try it out next time I change out the cush. Had to change the rubber cush. Mine have half the grooves wore out and I dont bash hard ( more like a monster jam event) so I know it will be a peice to keep an eye on and bought several sets of the transmission and cush cover with spacer i.e. washer. If someone doesnt look in the cap where it can stick, they may never know one is there and mess it up more. I didn't realize it till the motor was warranted out that the tab by the pinion was suppose to sit in a groove. So it was warped and was a struggle to get it to pull it back and set the motor on the pins. My center differential gears where also warranted out do to the gears being cut wrong and should not have passed QC. Used 6s batteries until the 8s completer set. Then all but 3 combined gears stripped between the spur and pinion, 2 of the 6s tires they sent with an 8s RC came unglued, they sent me out another pair problem was it was on different sides and Xmaxx tires come one side to a pack. Rrrr. So not to be petty bought the otherside myself and really glued the 6s tires. You pretty much warranty everything out the first year of ownership, the second year you start upgrading.
Alex..im about to get into my new x max...any chance that you could show how to get to the cushion drive and center bias drive..I know you're busy...would it be possible to do a video on removing these items. ...thanks a million, your my go to guy on just about everything because of your thoroughness. ..jim
I'm sure you're aware now that the little slot between 2 screw is where you stick a little screw driver and pop it up. But probably good to open all up to check other stuff and making sure the other screws on the spur aren't loose or you'll hear a ticking noise as soon as it starts to back out.
My max8s came with little round plastic cover, covers the little center pin, it still has very very little slop, maybe this is new item as I recieved my max8s recently, still may do your rubber o-ring, guess shouldn't have any slop, great vid, thanks.
Craig Mclaughlin thanks for watching the video I really I appreciate it ya traxxas is updating the cush drive slop issues with washers they are doing it on the new e revo 2.0 to personally I think the o ring is a more tighter fit with 0 slop
Hey man I need a solid recommendation of front, center and rear diff oil weights for my 8s XMaxx. I’m new to all this and I’m fixing to tear into it and freshin it up and I have no clue what weights to use. Just normal bashing, speed runs, drifts, wheels, jumps. Also I’d like to be able to control over rotation in the air for smoother landings...any and all help would be awesome!! Thanks man
if the inside wheel balloons, you need heavier diff oil front and rear. If the car understeers, use thicker rear diff oil. Oversteer, thicker front. Thicker oil in the torque converter sends more power to the rear.
slop is bad on any rotating mass component, but no give can be just as bad and cause shaft shearing. make sure that minute amount of movement is possible.
Heh I recently switched to a 21t pinion mod and and 50t spur, chances the pins to where they told me to and now it sounds terrible a lot of clanging and very rough sounding? Wondering wtf to do. As I dont know why is isnt smooth like it was with the 18 54 gearing. I have yet to even drive it as I just know sethigm isnt correct
Try to take out the pins and cut a pice of notebook paper about 8mm wide and stick it in the gears and mesh them together then tighten the motor down them roll the truck back and make sure to take out the paper
@@alexperea20 will do. Wanted to do an upgrade to the motor at se point soaybe this is gods way of telling me to pull the trigger on a new motor and mount lol. Love your vids def help me.
Dorobantu Cristian-Tudor Hello thank you for watching my videos I sincerely appreciate it very much what I would recommend doing is doing a full tear down everything make sure everything is tight adjusted correctly spins smoothly on the differential cops are correctly filled I would recommend cleaning I'm out and filling him with 100 K differential fluid the torque of viseing center drive needs to be filled correctly with 20 million diff luid the shocks I recommend 42.5 wait shock oil that is the perfect weight shock will for all around driving bashing jumping handling on roads works very well make sure every screw is correctly tightened and them gear mesh on the motor is set properly sometimes they are set wrong from the factory that's a big thing to check
Maybe they didn't always come with that. See www.amainhobbies.com/traxxas-cush-drive-housing-tra7793x/p742305 It has spacer, but this is an "X" part number so maybe an original "7793" part didn't have it?
charles spidell I will say traxxas did a bad job making the the slop is the reason why the spur gear and pinion gear gets broke WAY to much play traxxas didn't do a good job on the cush drive
Sorry but the slop isn't the reason why them gears shatter. The gears are the reason the gears shatter. Cheapo traxxas metal! Just up grade to GDS or Hot Racing gears and it'll be fine. Good video though, I'll still use this method to stop the slop :)
You are not bashing hard enough. That slop will end up causing a clicking and kill you gears. Better gears are always a good idea, but this slop is a problem.
Just ordered xmaxx8s(green) today, been watching your vids very informative and detailed, will be checking all 3 diff, shocks, screws, cush for slop if yes than 6mm O-ring, the esc 6 and the 46 tooth steel gear look like nice upgrades (may do this sooner than later), your vids will keep it trucking nice.
Craig Mclaughlin please let me know if you have any questions about it I'll be glad to help
Thanks for the video, well done, helped me put my cush drive together 👍
Hi i like your video is very nice but pls move the camera up a little so we can see everything
Thanks mate se ya soon
Excellent video !!
Having the same experience w my 8s shredding 18/46 traxxas gears,I ordered Hot Racing spur/pinion combination so hopefully I’ll get this damn xmaxx sorted
Thank you for watching the video I greatly appreciate it I hope it helped you with your x maxx
If you strip them ones get GDS spur n pinion gears. Been running mine for a while now no problem
Good info but dude you gotta focus better you can’t see anything close enough great info
Can't see a damn thing you are doing!
Is a great informative video. Not sure if it did then but the cush drive now has a plastic washer with 2 slots that fir over the pin and hold it secure. But they wear too. So I do like the o-ring method and gonna have to try it out next time I change out the cush. Had to change the rubber cush. Mine have half the grooves wore out and I dont bash hard ( more like a monster jam event) so I know it will be a peice to keep an eye on and bought several sets of the transmission and cush cover with spacer i.e. washer. If someone doesnt look in the cap where it can stick, they may never know one is there and mess it up more. I didn't realize it till the motor was warranted out that the tab by the pinion was suppose to sit in a groove. So it was warped and was a struggle to get it to pull it back and set the motor on the pins. My center differential gears where also warranted out do to the gears being cut wrong and should not have passed QC. Used 6s batteries until the 8s completer set. Then all but 3 combined gears stripped between the spur and pinion, 2 of the 6s tires they sent with an 8s RC came unglued, they sent me out another pair problem was it was on different sides and Xmaxx tires come one side to a pack. Rrrr. So not to be petty bought the otherside myself and really glued the 6s tires. You pretty much warranty everything out the first year of ownership, the second year you start upgrading.
Alex..im about to get into my new x max...any chance that you could show how to get to the cushion drive and center bias drive..I know you're busy...would it be possible to do a video on removing these items. ...thanks a million, your my go to guy on just about everything because of your thoroughness. ..jim
Hey is there side to side play in the pin and smaller gear on the opposite side of the shaft?
I'm sure you're aware now that the little slot between 2 screw is where you stick a little screw driver and pop it up. But probably good to open all up to check other stuff and making sure the other screws on the spur aren't loose or you'll hear a ticking noise as soon as it starts to back out.
hi Alex would a standard size o wring work? and what size? also you said a washer would work what size on the washer?
Alex, fantastic vid, so you know mine had twice as much slop as yours did after two runs! 😂, ,, Wow Paul
How well did it hold up in the truck while bashing? Thanks
My max8s came with little round plastic cover, covers the little center pin, it still has very very little slop, maybe this is new item as I recieved my max8s recently, still may do your rubber o-ring, guess shouldn't have any slop, great vid, thanks.
Craig Mclaughlin thanks for watching the video I really I appreciate it ya traxxas is updating the cush drive slop issues with washers they are doing it on the new e revo 2.0 to personally I think the o ring is a more tighter fit with 0 slop
I’ve been having issues with my pinion gear coming loose. My Cush drive had a ton of play in it. This was ultimately the cause.,
Hey man I need a solid recommendation of front, center and rear diff oil weights for my 8s XMaxx. I’m new to all this and I’m fixing to tear into it and freshin it up and I have no clue what weights to use.
Just normal bashing, speed runs, drifts, wheels, jumps. Also I’d like to be able to control over rotation in the air for smoother landings...any and all help would be awesome!! Thanks man
if the inside wheel balloons, you need heavier diff oil front and rear. If the car understeers, use thicker rear diff oil. Oversteer, thicker front. Thicker oil in the torque converter sends more power to the rear.
slop is bad on any rotating mass component, but no give can be just as bad and cause shaft shearing. make sure that minute amount of movement is possible.
You think i shood do that or let it how it is?
New xmaxx comes with the piece in the cush drive to help with the slop
Just purchased a new one in May
Man I wish you had a better close up of this. But thanks for putting up this video.
Heh I recently switched to a 21t pinion mod and and 50t spur, chances the pins to where they told me to and now it sounds terrible a lot of clanging and very rough sounding? Wondering wtf to do. As I dont know why is isnt smooth like it was with the 18 54 gearing. I have yet to even drive it as I just know sethigm isnt correct
Try to take out the pins and cut a pice of notebook paper about 8mm wide and stick it in the gears and mesh them together then tighten the motor down them roll the truck back and make sure to take out the paper
@@alexperea20 will do. Wanted to do an upgrade to the motor at se point soaybe this is gods way of telling me to pull the trigger on a new motor and mount lol. Love your vids def help me.
hey bro can u please do another video with camera a bit closer please
Dude that was painful to watch🤪 it's tight cause you need to loosen the screws off a bit and the spur just slides on then you tighten it up!
Ps i just got 3 days ago my 8s xmaxx blue one what do i need to do so i cane be sore i dont have any problems
Dorobantu Cristian-Tudor Hello thank you for watching my videos I sincerely appreciate it very much what I would recommend doing is doing a full tear down everything make sure everything is tight adjusted correctly spins smoothly on the differential cops are correctly filled I would recommend cleaning I'm out and filling him with 100 K differential fluid the torque of viseing center drive needs to be filled correctly with 20 million diff luid the shocks I recommend 42.5 wait shock oil that is the perfect weight shock will for all around driving bashing jumping handling on roads works very well make sure every screw is correctly tightened and them gear mesh on the motor is set properly sometimes they are set wrong from the factory that's a big thing to check
You have slop because you are missing the black plastic washer that goes after the pin. Comes with one from factory. Must have lost it along the way
You are missing the cap that is supposed to go where you put that o ring. That is why you have excessive play
Why does your spur gear not have that small black plate that goes on after the pin inside the cush drive ?
Maybe they didn't always come with that. See www.amainhobbies.com/traxxas-cush-drive-housing-tra7793x/p742305
It has spacer, but this is an "X" part number so maybe an original "7793" part didn't have it?
Traxxas said it suppose to do that
charles spidell I will say traxxas did a bad job making the the slop is the reason why the spur gear and pinion gear gets broke WAY to much play traxxas didn't do a good job on the cush drive
You want to reposition your camera because your hands are in the way,good film though
Sorry but the slop isn't the reason why them gears shatter. The gears are the reason the gears shatter. Cheapo traxxas metal! Just up grade to GDS or Hot Racing gears and it'll be fine. Good video though, I'll still use this method to stop the slop :)
It's people not getting the gear mesh. Right. The gears in my 8s are fine. 18/50.. All traxxas
Soo is fine to let it with that slop?
Hi, do you happen to have the part number for the gears you suggested for the XMaxx cush drive?
You are not bashing hard enough. That slop will end up causing a clicking and kill you gears. Better gears are always a good idea, but this slop is a problem.
Wife's Xmaxx is a shelf queen......perfect condition....its soooo prettyyyyyyy😂😂😂😂😂😂
Do not use SAE wrenches .. the xmaxx is all metric wrenches
I only use metric what you talking about
At 3:45 you said 5/64 wrench .. never use a SAE wrench on a metric screw
I dont know what your talking about those wrenches suck I have 2 sets of them they break all the damn time
Camera Angle sucks. Can't see you do anything 🤦🏻♂️
You’re not supposed to take the inside screws off 🤦♂️