Traxxas X Maxx Ultimate (Still has the same issue as all X Maxx's) EP. 5
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Iv had an xmaxx for several years now and have never had a problem 🤷♂️. I’m running a max 5 with the stock motor.
Same here
4 xmaxxes. Broke gears in one and it was completely my fault for landing wrong in throttle. Xrt now zero issues with gears. Plus I’ve learned how to drive better.
But I’ve seen this issue with mesh. I go 46/20 or22-23 you can hear it click better on mesh
Interesting. I use the pins, but just ignore the labeling and use whatever position gets the mesh right.
Cool, I think I may just try that if its too tight, do some testing... my first x maxx the motor got too hot so I put the arrma 5th scale system in it with new mount and esc plate it's great now waiting for my second x maxx now...
You can use the pin system just go one pin higher on the pin chart. The pins keep the rear and front of the motor perfectly aligned straight to make sure that the mesh between the spur and the pinion is at a perfect zero degree angle to each other.
The pin system works great, years and years of running XMAXX. The pins are extra support for the motor mount and it works great.
The Xmaxx I had was just ok with the pin system. The mesh was a little tight for my liking but it was runable. I've been in the hobby since the late 80's and I'm surprised at how few people don't know how to properly set gear mesh in any kind of vehicle. It's not rocket science. You explained it very well.
On my UDR the motor pin pushed itself right out the bottom of the tub chassis, Now I use a metal washer. All is good👍
I ran mine straight out of the box. Even if the pins are in they usually have some play in them. If you take them completely out the motor will move. I have metal motor mounts and the Traxxas metal washers still have to adjust almost every time. Just my experiences. Still going to watch your videos 😊
No. It’ll be fine. I’ve been doing it for years. Plus a lot of motor mounts work that way.
Traxxas stole that c-clip on the end of the motor from arrma
Great tip on the gear mesh fix!
Great info.
I've got a buddy who just shredded his gears.
I gotta get him over here to your channel to check this out.
I can’t believe what you’re showing to us from Traxxas……. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE.
Thank you so much, you’re the best, I was about to buy my first Xmaxx and I didn’t know this……………
I have beaten the snot out of my xmaxx for about 4 years now and I'm still running my original spur and pinion, never one had any issues. Ive broken SO MANY things on the truck but never once the spur or pinion. Maybe a quality control issue?
Had my x-maxx for over two years now with no issues with the pin system,im running 50/20 perfectly fine
When I built mine, I used the hot racing motor mounts on the original motor and the mesh didn't mesh well 😅 so I tried different pin settings and one of the leaves a bit of wiggle room so the gears are NOT gonna be at each other to death. Definitely not the pin settings they call for, just a fyi
Had stock gears for probably 40 plus packs of hard use and never had an issue 🤷. Just installed 19 tooth pinion from tekno and 50t spur from hot racing just because I wanted a better ratio. I still use the stock pin system and mount and it meshes perfect, zero issues thus far. I was fully ready to abandon the stock motor mount system if it didn’t mesh well, but it matched up great.
I've ran the pins on both of mine and "Almost" had no issues so far but i have found this info useful. I currently have rebuilt my X-Maxx and now call her Ultimate Maxxine as my Ultimate X-Maxx she's currently running the original stock motor with Gen 1 Max 6 and she's a blast. Please let me know when you run your new ultimate i would love to see how it runs.
My Ultimate mesh was tight out of the box.
All you have to do for the motor gears to be meshed properly, just move the motor pin to one gear tooth higher. Exp running 17t pinion put the motor pins on the 18t slot mesh will be good 👍🏼
I just bought a brand new xmaxx last week, I just quickly checked my gear mesh after watching your video, and I have to say the factory mesh was perfect! I'm glad i check tho so thanks for pointing out a potential mode of failure. I wonder if this problem is more down to random manufacturing tolerances or bad batches of parts making it into production?
I think its only meant to work with traxxas monkey metal gear sets Jason, but when you put real gears in such as robinson racing or saga gears, they dont mesh right. That's my 2 pennies. I'd do mod 1.5 gear sets if i had an x maxx. All i have is big arrmas and boats, lol. With a sprinkle of traxxas e revo 2.0 amd built sledges. Cheers from utah!!
The pin system seems to work fine for my udr. I guess between the big tires and extra power it just fails on the xmaxx
The build is coming out great💪💯 Man those temps are insane🥶
Can you please make a video how to set the mesh and pull the pins please I just bought an X-Max ultimate would like to see how you do it so I can do it so far I had to runs to two full charges through it and it hasn't done it yet I would like to get it done before it happens
I have the ultimate. I’ve not had any problems with the pins. And I bash the hell out of it.
I've been in the rc hobby for 10+ years now. I've gone through my fair share of gears. I can't for the life of me (even with aftermarket motor mount) keep my pinion on my stock xmaxx motor. Green/red locktite with a MIP driver. I even bought tekno gears that have the 2.5m grub screws and let it sit a week, and it still fell off in 5 minutes. My mesh great and bearings are new. I'm starting to question if my motor is just vibrating wayy too much
Clean the threads better
with a dremel,, shave a bit off the shaft where the grub screw sits. then apply loctite. will never come off again
They come with an oil on them from the manufacturer
Try putting some loctite on the motor shaft and let it set
Had the same problem and finally from some advice on Facebook group this has worked for me: Make sure to clean the new pinion with brake cleaner or equivalent, taking out the grub screw even to get the cleaner everywhere. Also clean the motor shaft. Then put blue Loctite into the hole on pinion some Loctite will get on motor shaft. Tighten down and leave truck 24-48hrs. I’ve done this exact process and it’s the only thing that worked. Hope this helps!
I dunno what you mean by, "properly meshing the motor by hand."
I like my Xmaxx but the pins are useless. I admit that i like Arrma more than Traxxas but i do have a couple Traxxas rigs. I very much prefer the Arrma 6s and 8s motor mounting and adjustment. Like you said, mesh isn't rocket science.
I just checked my Ultimate, the mesh is good. but thanks for letting me check
Never had a problem on my xmaxx or the 3 maxx I have. I bash hard too. In fact only time I ever had a problem is when I started running 6
S on my maxx and melted the gear. When metal and never had a problem
I have 1st production run xmaxx . Have used shim paper under motor mounts since 2016.😮😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 if your truck doesn't cost when let off gas,your mesh is to tight an your temps well burn up motors ,batteries, escs,, now totally 8s machine like new.still shimed
Do you have a tutorial on how it should be done?
Is better you save some money for the new release traxxas maxx slash 1/7 😅
That car cost 2000$ here in Norway. Ridiculous! 😂
It’s $2100 plus tax here in Canada 🇨🇦
did you ever show what good looks like vs mesh? you showed the before but not the after?
It's not in Traxxas interested to release vehicles that don't brake they make 100X more profit on parts then on vehicles initial sale.
The original xmaxx has a anemic servo because bad steering is likely do you result in crashing which means more parts.
Traxxas is in the profit business not in the having fun with you're RC business
No issues on my xrt :) stock pin system, max 5 and stock gearing. It’s not rocket science.
I just slap it in . Seem good 👍
Nice car! 😊
Following 👍
My maxx is awful I don’t know how people call it so durable because I have tried 4 metal spurs they all striped the motor mount is the worst motor mount in the industry it’s super hard to set and always moves I have given up on it I have a kraton 6s exb and never have issues so it’s really annoying I’m not a fan on traxxas rn
It should wear in after the first run
Day tuk tuk tuk ar jerbs!
I bracci verdi sono in metallo????????????
High CG ESC mount is meh. I'd rather mount the ESC sideways.
Trash the pins …
Very informative for the most part. However, you talked for nearly five minutes about *You can't believe Traxxas has not addressed or fixed the pinion /spur issue*, and how you recommend setting the mesh by hand, you failed to show us your method or HOW TO Properly do it. Or at least send a link to a different video showing how you do it. ???
You never even ran it, they're way smoother than original xmaxx, I noticed that right out of the box when I ran mine. No chipping nothing I have ran mine over a month. getting to geeked out and never ran it, if it was the cheap bronze gears, definitely change to traxxas harden steel gears both spur and pinion or another brand.
No idea what u talking about, never messed up my gears.