Instead of fixing these they came out with the Extreme upgrade kits that use the much larger MAXX style plastic axles.

On the list now

Wow! Glad the extremes are holding up for you hopefully manufacturing has improved since I made this.

The plastic is not the problem, the design and type of plastic is the problem. My 3s granite has yet to pop a single plastic axle. But traxxas wants you to have to keep buying parts!

Yes, had I not broken mine first run I might have not looked so closely. They will break eventually, but this seems prone to premature failure.

Netcruzer RC TECH CARS, I have the original Rustler didn’t have much of an issue but the way they apear now they break prematurely.

Great vid. Broke an axel on my rustler vxl 4x4 on my second use. Been bashing a slash for two years with broken parts only being required when it’s my fault. Clearly a weak link.

buy the steel ones

i dont have a name, the metal axels are $80 per set I think.

Yes they do i think

Mine are gonna break soon at the pivot balls as well

2rsracing 239 they don’t have pivot balls. Do you mean the axle yolk? Or ball stud?

@@t2nate137 yes my bad idk my I said pivot balls lol I just changed the a arms on it the other day yes the ball stud they have a lot of slop an the holes are growing lol

Revo are steel

I have purchased a couple of arrma trucks (such as the 2wd granite mega) and my only major complaint was the shock caps fly off very easy and I know this have been resolved but I lost my trust with them. I do love my 2wd traxxas slash and find it better in many ways on the design and build quality of the chasssis

@@nullnull5185 Shocks caps are an issue on all the traxxas off-road 1/10, even on the Rustler 4x4, traxxas hasn't still not learnt the lesson. Traxxas still use 20yo plastic CVD, just good for brushed motor. I own a 1992 traxxas buggy and the CVD are same as the current slash. Arrma is by far better and is faster to improve their cars. The Traxxas business is to sell spares and sue other brands for irrelevant patents.

Yeah good point @switch off when not in use just with the Arrma the caps would pop off even with a 15 turn brushed motor...

@@nullnull5185 That's why arrma doesn't use shock caps on their new 3s BLXs, not like Traxxas who use the same crappy shock caps for years.

FPV FANATIC my arrma was nothing but a piece of junk last time. Traxxas has been good to me BUT I’ve not had anything new off road yet.

Yeah T came out with the Xtreme Duty upgrade kits which use the MAXX axles, instead of fixing these ones IMO.

Thanks Shen. I looked at the exploded parts diagram and there should be a minor shallow groove, but not a big gouge on one side according to the cad drawings.

@@netcruzer Yea but like always the drawings sometimes are nothing close to what your parts actually look like....😁 traxxas probably was dreaming they came out like the drawings!

I don’t know how you can assemble these new ones. I couldn’t do it and it’s likely why they don’t offer the parts individually anymore. No wonder they just jam it thru!

its their way of having job security lol

@@STEVOD313 your gonna have this issue. I know how you drive 😂😂

@@GreatLakesRC haha funny guy here, hey u need to come race on road with me at larrys ill show u how i drive lol

@@STEVOD313 so you can crash into one of my cars? 😂 I'm in 👍👍 seriously though, I'm trying to figure out when I will be on your side of town again.

Man I bought my rustler 4x4 Vxl 2 weeks ago, I’m running completely stock EVERYTHING! Mind you not only am I bashing this thing but I cut my 5 year old and my 7 year old boys lose with this truck, and we are all three jumping it from about a 30 degree ramp full speed on a 17t pinion most of the time and I or my kids have yet to break a part!!!! The only thing I do is clean the truck every 3 runs and oil all plastics with Hilco lube which comes in a spray can and is similar to wd40, idk maybe I got lucky and just got a great truck that was assembled correctly, I’ve landed this thing from 30ft in the air straight on the rear bumper and wheelie bar and still can’t break it!! Lol

I agree with you. The 4TEC 2.0 is a tank. I’ve had some insane high speed crashes with mine and I’ve broken zero parts on it.

For those you need to buy tekno hubs too?

Netcruzer RC TECH CARS no, they should come with beefy plastic hubs and larger sealed ball bearings for the hub. Compared to MIP where you just get the axles. I recommend getting the m6 aluminum hex’s to because since the part of the axle that sticks outside of the hubs are larger, the included plastic hexes have less to room for the pin to go into the hex. Highly recommend tekno m6 axles, you should really get them. I’m not sponsored, but just really think that they are the best option on the market. Here’s the link to there website but I bought mine off of amazon www.teknorc.com/?s=Slash+4x4+axles&post_type=product

Also I watched one of your older videos of the slash 4x4 where you tried out the proline body mounts. And you where talking about how you had the problem with them coming loose. I’m pretty sure the reason for that was that you used the traxxas body washers which did not allow the thumb nut to properly secure. At the bottom of the threads that go through the body, there should be a rubber O ring that the thumb nut should press against to prevent it from coming loose. If you still have them then I recommend trying them out again but without traxxas body washers.

#fakenews

IMO this is why the NEW late 2023 Traxxas 4x4 models are getting the new MAXX size Extreme Heavy Duty driveshaft kit included. There was a unresolveable weakness with these ones in this video.

@@netcruzer well I ended up going metal but they should really make it so you can install them without the heavy duty kit like the new ones from the maxx but the ones in this video hold up great on 2wd but not my hoss so they should start putting those in the 2wd slashes and stuff

I’ve been wondering if the arrma plastic axles are a direct bolt on, I have not tried that yet.

People are using Traxxas 17mm adapters on those arrmas so they should be close just use the Traxxas part the nut screws on the outter axle part my brain can't think of the name of the part

Ding ding ding!!!

@@cwatson42785 I bought a Arma Senton 3S and the axles are 10x better than any of the Traxxas cars i own. I own 4 Traxxas Cars/Trucks and You are correct the Arrma product is a Force to be reckoned with. Why can't TRaxxas get the axles correct after 10 years plus with the same cars and trucks? I see people always recommend MIP axles but those are easily 150 for a set on top of the 500 for the car. lol The Arma 3S is stock at 300 and will take a 3S butt whopping for days :).

@@LuisC202 ah I see owning a arrma has opened your eyes like it did mine! The 3s line is the best value in rc right now and it can't be beat in terms of toughness, speed and quality! Even the design and parts are a sight to behold! I'm now team arrma all day every day! Ps the 3s Kraton is dropping this spring!!! Shhhhh! They are absolutely killing it right now

@@cwatson42785 I was picking up a Traxxas Rustler after work today, but after reading all these comments about how Traxxas is handling their product issues...I believe I'm going to go w/ the Arrma Kraton!? My 2wd Stampede will be here today also, time will tell if that's going back too ! 🤘

@@jasonsmither7514 Great choice Jason! Yeah you won't be disappointed! I would choose arrma all day every day over traxxas. They are so much more durable imo. In my experience my old traxxas trucks would break every other run, then I switched to arrma and im never going back. Have fun with your new trucks bud!

DENSUTUBE2008 if others show this then it will be a recall issue.

@@rcsendandblast1579 They will NEVER do a recall at the very best they would do a in line production change but would be very quiet and be silent about it. Don't ever want to admit there was a problem cant lose face. :) Hopefully Traxxas corrects the assemble issue and fixes the defect.

DENSUTUBE2008 I hope so to. I like my Traxxas products. Best I've ever had this far. Peace man. 👊😎

@@rcsendandblast1579 They do make nice stuff.

Wish there was proper dif oil in the rear dif when I bought the car. The rear has basically failed last night. After talking with support to find out what's wrong with the esc. Man oh man. Wth is going on. Check your diffs so you know they in fact has the proper stuff inside of it. Or not. Traxxas put some black OMG garbage inside my rear diff. that just stuck to the inside walls of the diff and did nothing for the differential itself. It started clicking at a soft turn and soft starts I could hear it. I had to do a overhaul and Put the Proper oil in it. Used 50000 weight. Or 5000 weight. I'm tired lol. Been a long night Works like it should now. 👊😎. But may have to return the electronic system. The esc may be defective. Not sure yet. All in alll this is one nice truck. It will be. 👊😎

Yes, but all are expensive and heavier.

Likely would be weaker. The new axles are overall stronger in every way, except they have this weak area from assembly.

Yeah I think we’ll see a silent improvement. Hoping this makes that happen faster.