Popular Post Yrkoon Posted June 17, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2022 dads been telling me all night i should post the pics and vids from earlier in this part of the forum when i took out my trx4 and dad had his trx6 out earlier so here they are 🙂 we are very impressed with how they go. heres the vids, if i full lock the steering and reverse, the tyres hit the fenders a bit but thankfully they dont going forwards lol small price to pay for shiny wheels. first up my trx-4 and now for dads 6 wheeled beast the mighty trx-6 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted June 17, 2022 Share Posted June 17, 2022 Yep very impressed with the preformance of them , this time i had 6 wheel drive lol 😆 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 So. Finally broke it: What should we buy? Stock again? Or an upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 What were you doing with it when it broke ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kpowell911 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 minutes ago, Stormbringer said: What were you doing with it when it broke ? I didnt break it, she did haha. Not entirely sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGinge Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Mine took a fair old beating today and managed to stay in one piece. I was quite surprised given the size of some of the falls I managed to subject it to and the ferocity of the ESC brake when coming off the trigger at speed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGinge Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 I may have spoken too soon. Was giving the drivetrain a little run after cleaning today, just to check things over and have noticed a clicking sound coming from something on, or near, the front axle. The sound seems to be there with both forward and reverse drive and, I think, is happening at a rate linked to the wheel speed (somewhere between one and two clicks per full wheel rotation). I guess this means I’ll have to take it all apart to have a look inside but has anyone seen, or heard, anything like this before? If I had to guess if probably put money on one of the portal gears bearing damaged. I would expect it to be happening more often if it was something in the diff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyUK Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 On 26/06/2022 at 20:58, BigGinge said: Mine took a fair old beating today and managed to stay in one piece. I was quite surprised given the size of some of the falls I managed to subject it to and the ferocity of the ESC brake when coming off the trigger at speed. Are you driving at speed in the crawler setting on the esc? If you are, its a good way to break things because of the harsh brake when you stop, easy to twist driveshafts, strip portal gears, break spur teeth etc. I made this mistake and now I just run the trx4's in trail mode, even when crawling. It can be a bit fiddly when stop mid climb and have to apply the brake but I figure its safer on parts. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersavage Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 9 hours ago, BigGinge said: I may have spoken too soon. Was giving the drivetrain a little run after cleaning today, just to check things over and have noticed a clicking sound coming from something on, or near, the front axle. The sound seems to be there with both forward and reverse drive and, I think, is happening at a rate linked to the wheel speed (somewhere between one and two clicks per full wheel rotation). I guess this means I’ll have to take it all apart to have a look inside but has anyone seen, or heard, anything like this before? If I had to guess if probably put money on one of the portal gears bearing damaged. I would expect it to be happening more often if it was something in the diff. Mine started clicking after the scale Nats, I think mine is coming from the rear but I haven't tracked it down. It doesn't seem to be causing any issues so I'm just going to run it as is until it fails or I can be bothered to take it apart to see where its coming from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Redback Posted July 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2022 On 28/06/2022 at 08:54, supersavage said: Mine started clicking after the scale Nats, I think mine is coming from the rear but I haven't tracked it down. It doesn't seem to be causing any issues so I'm just going to run it as is until it fails or I can be bothered to take it apart to see where its coming from. On 27/06/2022 at 23:13, BigGinge said: I may have spoken too soon. Was giving the drivetrain a little run after cleaning today, just to check things over and have noticed a clicking sound coming from something on, or near, the front axle. The sound seems to be there with both forward and reverse drive and, I think, is happening at a rate linked to the wheel speed (somewhere between one and two clicks per full wheel rotation). I guess this means I’ll have to take it all apart to have a look inside but has anyone seen, or heard, anything like this before? If I had to guess if probably put money on one of the portal gears bearing damaged. I would expect it to be happening more often if it was something in the diff. Check bearings, could be in the portals, its the only thing besides the shift servos that has ever failed on mine. I'd be surprised if it was in the drive train, the gearsets a tank and unless you have removed the slipper it should save portal and diff gears, i also run mine on a high powered brushless setup and its driven by a child thus hes not kind to it. Its been a long time coming and ive wanted to upgrade it for ages just not been able to afford it, we just added 140g of brass to the front and upgraded the stock traxxas servo (its still working how? dont they all die right away?) to a 30kg hv powerhd to handle the extra weight, Good servo tons of torque on 7.4v if the front is bound down, it will move the back of the truck in some instances. But Power HD why is your servo lead 10mm to short for the trx4 but your shift servo cables are 2 times too long lol... The brass is nice fastrax version, fits like a glove, my old bearings didnt want to seat easily removing them will be a task! I only went with outer front portal covers as not got loads of money to shell out on the rig and to much weight affects peformance so going little bits at a time. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGinge Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 10 hours ago, Redback said: Check bearings, could be in the portals, its the only thing besides the shift servos that has ever failed on mine. I'd be surprised if it was in the drive train, the gearsets a tank and unless you have removed the slipper it should save portal and diff gears, i also run mine on a high powered brushless setup and its driven by a child thus hes not kind to it. I stripped the front portals down during the week and didn’t see any damage on any of the gears and everything seemed to be running nice and smoothly while it was apart. Once it was all back together I gave it a quick run and the clicking had stopped, so it may have just been a bit of grit/dirt trapped somewhere it shouldn’t have been. Hopefully it will stay quiet next time I get a chance to go out for a proper run. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyroo Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 15 hours ago, Redback said: But Power HD why is your servo lead 10mm to short for the trx4 but your shift servo cables are 2 times too long lol... Did you not get the trx specific steering servo with the longer cable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 4 hours ago, Daddyroo said: Did you not get the trx specific steering servo with the longer cable? It wasnt marked as trx 4 specific, i dont think the trx4 specific one is 30kg and 7.4v no biggie just ran a extender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyroo Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 My bad, it was rated at 25kg and is now no longer available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) Testing out the mods to my stock trx4, loaded it with brass. Results as expected are great! Well worth the investment, underdrive too! Turns on a hairpin. Before the brass it would have been rolling off the edge of the cliff. Edited August 2, 2022 by Redback 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Yeh brassing em up is definitely wort doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 The screws that came with the inner front casings tho, didnt fit, the ones for the bushings to long, the stock ones too long, ground them down but felt a bit annoyed having to do so, wtf. Whats yours weight in at @Stormbringer im concerned if i add more it will start to hinder performance, front maybe the brass casters? how much do they weight anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 (edited) No idea mate the scales i tried to use only go to 5kg that was the trx4 the trx6 is even heavier lol 😆 Edited August 2, 2022 by Stormbringer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Just now, Stormbringer said: No idea mate the scales i tried to use only go to 5kg that was the trx4 the trx6 is even heavier lol 😆 over 5kg mmm ok hows it handle steep climbs does it not drag it self backwards? Also some snaps, love my new phones camera. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 I havnt really ran the 4 since i brassed it but it has really improved the 6 it doesnt want to roll as much and seems to climb slopes better 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyUK Posted August 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2022 Went again Yesterday to this local place for a crawl and a bit of trailing. It's an old copper mine and the rock colours there are amazing. It's not a very forgiving place to RC though, vicious sharpe rocks and steep drops plus avoid any standing water because it is basically battery acid. Proven to rot your jeans if get it on you! Couple of photos for now, I also did some videos to put on Youtube after they get edited, likely to take a while though. It's a huge site. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bigjimknickers Posted December 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2022 Mines here! I know some people don’t like Traxxas but wow, the quality just shines through, the colour of the shell, the weight of the model, it just all feels very high quality. IMO. now for a light kit! any recommendations? traxxas tqi link &light kit? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigjimknickers Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Guys, buy a Traxxas ID to xt60 conversion wire or just chop it & solder xt60? All my cars & batteries have xt60. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.AJ. Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 Chop chop 😂 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormbringer Posted December 21, 2022 Share Posted December 21, 2022 the trx4 is a lovely piece of kit i did use an ebay light kit for my trx4 but found it wasnt very good . if you keep the steering on for 10 seconds it changed the mode of the lights and spent more time getting it back way i wanted it than driving . it really hacked me off so i did go the traxxas light kit route in the end 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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