The little modifications and general tinkering is just as an enjoyable part of the hobby as driving the cars. Back in the 80's I was always taking apart the standard silver can 540's. They were of course non serviceable but that didn't stop me from bending back the little metal tabs and subjecting it to some DIY (Destroy it yourself) mods 😁. One of the most common cleaning methods was running the motor in a container of water for a few minutes and then stripping it down for a forensic inspection with a toothpick, cottonbud and some WD40 lol. It probably made no difference whatsoever to performance, but it was a magical sense of achievement as a kid. Really enjoyed this Glenn. Do you remember the Demon motors? They were fantastic and really looked the part.

Entertaining video. I had no idea things like this are possible. Great to watch. Thanks Glenn. 👍🏻

Thanks a lot friend, it was verys interesting upgrade an upgrade motor. Finding bushings in a Tamiya RZ Motor surprised me... Nice done, thanks for sharing, take care.

I remember rocking the *Demon Power Quad 18T* motor in my cars, 3 minutes of pure chaos hahaha, ran it in my Avante (Original 88) Hotshot, BigWig, Mantaray, Boomerang etc. Was nuts in a 4x4 but even more loony in 2x4 haha. Killed the frog gear box instantly and forget it in the 40 MPH Brick that was the Sand Scorcher. Good times my friend, good times lol

Great video i have a few tamiya cars from the 80s-90s and love these motors your the first person i have seen who shows how to do this love it many thanks subbed

Great stuff, like everyone else I didn’t know that it had bushes and not bearings very informative vid, keep em coming 👍👍

Great video bud. I always thought these modified/rebuild-able type motors were ball raced from the factory. I think I will be checking my motors and looking for replacement bearings, if needed. Thanks for the heads up. Thumbs up!

it Really is a huge improvement Loadet Current decreases, wearing decreases and Overall performance increases significantly. Lovely Video it answers few questions i had in mind about the Motor. Thanks for Sharing. i do that on all my running motors.

I got recently picked up a job lot of team associated touring car parts, and found a Super Stock on there. It’s now in my Lunchbox. 😃

Very interesting. I use a BZ super stock in my Blackfoot and now have one in my Ultima rerelease. I’ll have to look into replacing the bushes with bearings. Thanks.

Great video. 2 years later the mod worked on a BZ motor. I used Whitz RC racing products Hyper glide bearings the size is 1/8 x 3/8 x 5/32

Proper job & good fun. Another great video

Good job 👍👍 I was surprised to see bushings in the BZ too ...

Good video, I was always stripping down motor's & cleaning them trying improve performance. 👍

These super-stock motors, they are rocket fuel ! Even the Tuned range blow away average brushlesses because Tamiya, I can't even think of buying any else brand for the motion of my RC cars.

Love this motor in my grasshopper 2.

Another instructive movie!

Great idea mate 👌

I have the blue version of your pink one. The acto power formula i believe, 17 double. Should be rapid. I have a 17 turn triple in my Hpi pro 4 and am thinking of putting the formula into my TB Evolution. Should be rapid as these shaft drive cars have zero rolling resistance. Have a Kyosho tf5 too but i think i have a 13.5 brushless in that. Great video Glen, might have a strip and clean with mine tomorrow if i can see after my ophthalmology appointment at the hospital. 🤞

You now have build a Super Stock Modified motor - get a set of soft silver brushes and you have a racing motor :-) Great work buddy !

A great and interesting video my friend this will come in very useful😊🇬🇧😎👍👊

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Nice one, I told you to do this in an other video. Mine has lasted years after I fitted bearings to my RZ motor. Theory is, around 10% more RPM & 10% more Torque. Slightly longer run times, all due to less friction., also a longer lasting motor. As long as those old bearings have no play or at least minimal play on the rotor shaft, all is well.😎 just like RC cars, bearings are the go. For efficient motoring.

The superstock motors are really beautiful. It's a pity for the price they do not come ball raced.

As far as I know there is no issue with touching motor brushes. I've worked with electric motors for years (also looked it up online) and have never heard of that. I briefly worked in a starter and alternator repair shop with a guy that had been fixing motors for something like 40 years and he never mentioned not touching them either.

Definitely better than the new reedy radon motors!

Great video. Would be interesting to see if there's a difference in rpms. Sure I saw a machine that could do that. Also a before and after endurance test would be great. Nice mod. I'll try this in the future. 👍

Nice idea

Great video Glenn. Curious now to see what performance gains it gives you.

I have done this before with other brushed motors. I like to put the bearings in the freezer. This will cause the bearings to shrink just a small amount. This will make it easier to install the bearings. Try it and you will see.

One would think that "stock" motors , i.e. silver can , Torque Tuned and Speed Tuned would be bushings. All others would be bearings. Thats what i had thought. Thanks for the info !

Good job, mate! Surprised there was bushings. Thought all quality motors had bearings. Would love to try it out, opening and cleaning, with one of my GT-Tuned motors. But I hesitate 🙂

The brushes and collector can cleaned with a ballpoint eraser, it removes the black dirt. Those bronze bushing need to soaked in oil for a couple of hours. Break in the motor only in one direction.

What size bearings are required for this mod please, Also im building a rere super hot shot right now, is the supplied gt tuned motor ball raced as std or can it be upgraded as required ?. Great channel keep up the good work.

just bought two bearings hope i bought the right ones lol , oh well gotta learn somehow true 1/8x3/8/5/32 Hybrid Ceramic from Plaig Bearings $20-40 delivered AUD

This is fantastic! I wonder which motors are up for modifying?

That pink motor looks like old Warlock Racing motor. I have that in my 1993 RC10T

Today, I got my RZ motor via mail and I was so disappointed. This video really found me, I did not look for it. So wonderful that my proplem is being discussed here. Since I don't have an old Dyna motor that I could "slaughter", what bearings should I buy. Please, I really appreciate to get help from you guys...

and what size of bearings do you need for this upgrade? I don’t have an old brushed motor

I love your channel I learn a lot !!! I own are old Thunder dragon I want to upgrade my stock Motor what is your recommendations ?I know the thunder dragon is a vintage car but this is my first RC car my brothers bought it for me back in the day,So that’s why I want to upgrade it, And what else you can recommend to upgrade his car I am in Canada so maybe some of the part it’s hard to find from here,but If you have any recommendation website please let me know appreciate it!

Good video. I just bought a Lotus type 79 F1 crazy car kit. I’m looking for electronics for my kit. It has a motor but might replace it for powerful motor in the future. Do u have suggestions of what to get.

What ESC is that one? I recently purchased this same motor, but my Tamiya TEU-105BK seems to cut off and on at any speed. Even tried to reset it multiple times and even swapped transmitters and nothing. Thanks! And great video!

Great video. Is it safe to run this on 3s? The voltage range specified was 7.2 - 8.4v. I ran for a short stint on 3s and could smell a little burning?

Good info. Do yu know what size bearings they are?

Do you think this motor would be good enough for a optima mid custom as a replacement for a lemans 240st. because theses st’s are so hard to find.

Is this a good motor for those to RC cars that I have the monster beetle and the brat please comment back thank you so very much for this video

Bearings is 1/8x3/8x5/32 R2ZZ

I have a TT-02 I'm building with the Torque Tuned motor. Which Tamiya motor do you think would be a better option? I'm open to brushed or brushless set up.

Hey bud, any ideas where I can get the brush spring retainers.. I may have lost one

g'day sir. im wondering how to put in a rotor in this engine and how to take out the rotor. some assistance will be greatly appreciated. and i think your vids are great :)

Are the bearings the same size as what you get in the tamiya bearing kit?

Looks and sounds more powerful,27 thousand rpm! Is that more than the technigold? You could probably cool the bearings with a can of compressed air that's normally used for dusting parts of computers,bearings should just drop out then

What I do not like, is people running vintage class with brushless systems. What I do not like even more is them restoring ol mills, and convert them to brushless, posting it on youtube and talking about the good ol days. I am probably a nerd, and I do not understand them. These days people are more in to jumping 10 feet high, to rush the blood around, like life is not giving enough. Or probably it's evolution. Any way I do not want to be a part of it. I really love your way to go with the brushed motors. You are a rare art of man kind. I can not even find a youtube video with deep knowledge about brushed motors, or of nicd batteries. Brushed motors is a uniqe dying craftmanship. Thank you :)

I have just installed this rz and it keeps slipping when I try do full throttle I am a noob any suggestions I have the high speed gear set 62 tooth and a new motor mount what setting do I need my motor on I think it's on 22? Any help would be great

you can actually use your old bearing to as a drift to tap in the new ones.

Hilarious how non-braggy the host is. Most other shows would have claimed insane HP improvements, even without doing any sort if measuring. I got this RZ superstock in my Hornet, and it made the knobby tires into slicks within a few days. So, next we started doing burnouts, which made for great, and straight, dragrace instead!

watching this vid and see this "hot" motor is using the Tamiya bullet connectors . These don't look good quality if they are the same has the ones on the standard kit motor. I have been changing them to a deans BUT I am a newb to the hobby.

I am using the D3 days motors in my RC cars is this motor better please comment back

I do like the RZ, i think its a cracking motor i run one in my hotshot Be interesting to know the bearing size to do this little mod.....as i don't have an acto power kicking around to take them out of

For anyone wonder why these Tamiya super stocks have bushings and not bearing is bc of JRCMA regulations. In order for any 23 turn stock motor to be used in any race following JRCMA rules, the motor must use bushings, eyelet style brushes (cannot be soldered to the brush hood) and for rebuildables to have the rotor shaft protruding from the endbell with a rounded end. Oilite bushings aren’t bad when you properly maintain them with the right oil. When the motor spins, the bushings heat up and oil starts to seep onto the armature shaft and provides a layer of oil for lubrications.

What kind of old motors do you have do you have any D threes Please comment back thank you very much

Proof you can't escape the curse of Tamiyas bushings! I've never stripped a motor & just assumed it had bearings. What tool did you use? Thanks.

Hello mate quick question before I attempt this mod , how does the brass bushing come out

Please what is the part number of the ball bearing from tamiya?

Please help. I subscribed because I’m desperate for answers. I just bought a fully built chassis TT02R. Full alloy. I bought the remote and receiver. Now how do I pick a servo? And what engine and esc should I use? I intend on parking lot runs. Some top speed runs and drag racing it. Please help. I’m so confused and not sure what to pull the trigger on. Also how much better is it to have a program card included? Please help ! Big fan.

Nice little mod for not much money, do you know what size bearings were used? I think I will mod my brand new RZ motor just for better efficiency 🤓

What is the bearing size? Love you channel mate.

hi what are the bearings on ebay? what size is it? thanks

Great video Glen can it be done with the sport tuned 540 too?

Is it true the less turns a motor has the more powerful it is

What size are the bearings

They put bushes in motors!?

What are the size of the bearings? I have a TZ coming tomorrow, and wanted to grab some bearings for it today. Cheers

What's about modifying the motor so you can adjust the timing?

Any info about the bearing sizes and type? I would like to order new bearings.

Dose anyone here know what cutting bush's do??? well I do! you can get so much more power out of your motor. even if you can time your motor or not!!

Ball bearing size?

is that the Acto you sent me?

What size are the bearings? cheers

But what size bearings do we buy?

what battery did you use

Too hard to install the ball bearing to the motor hub.i damaged the bearing eventually

Isn't the pink motor faster and why don't you like the pink one?

Why Tamiya provides ball bearings to this super stock motor?

Do tamiya list bearings as a hopup

Now it will run at 30000 RPM.

Hey if you have Instagram I want to see how to do a good set up I have the same motor