I know this is an old video, but I thought I would add my comments to make the job easier for those just now seeing the video. You don't have to remove the bumpers to get the suspension arms out of the way to get to the gub screws on the driveshafts. All you do is remove the hinge pin retainer screw through the hole in the bumper; push down on the plastic hinge pin retainer and slide it out from the side of the bumper area; pull the hinge pin with a pair of needle nose pliers; and move the lower suspension arm out of the way. There is now enough room to get to the grub screws on the driveshafts from the bottom of the Maxx. This method works well (I did it yesterday) and it saves a lot of time and effort.
I definitely agree with you. Traxxas should've included dog bones with this Maxx. But Traxxas knows what they're doing and how to make the most money off of these trucks. Can't wait to get your review on this truck now that you got your essential upgrades. Have fun, stay safe and take care.
Just grabbed this kit... And did not know that I needed the 17 hex set... Glad I watched this before I took it apart and then got frustrated and had to go back the LHS hahahah !! Great video! Thank you!
Traxxas - more than happy to sell you after-purchase "upgrades" that should have been on the truck out-of-the-box given the price of the model. Truly the kings of marketing. And I don't mean that in a complementary way!
Thank you! I just bought a Tmax Revo 3.3. Breaking it in the driveshaft broke. The directions sucks and your hands on videos are very informative and helpful
I’ve noticed a spiralling on my plastic shafts where the tension has twisted the shaft. Next add on. Love all your vids. I watch many over again as what you may call therapy...
Made work hard for yourself. The axle pins can be released with the centre front screw in tie bar. The cap slides up and needle nose the pins out. Don't need to take off chassis plate or skid plate 😁
After installing the wide kit and leaving the original plastic drive shafts, they stripped out after a few turns. Basically you have to have the heavy duty drive shaft upgrade if you get the wide kit. $100 for the drive shaft upgrade and still need to buy more : (
I feel like after 3 weeks of having my v2 max one of my bearing may have seized leading to a broken shaft. I am about to instal this kit plus bearing grease
Yes you could complain about the hubs not being included with the drive shafts, but you didn't really NEED to replace the stock universal drive shafts. If they proved not to hold up, then yes go ahead and spring for the more expensive option.
Tbh the only reason why I just switched to the steel driveshafts was because somehow a few days ago the u joint flew out on one of the plastic shafts and it was hard to find any replacement u joints so I just decided why not put the steel ones on and not have to deal with that issue again🤷♂️
Do you need to lubricate the axle cup (not sure what to call it) that is on the side closer to the wheel? If so what do you use? My truck is squeaking and this is the only place I can think its coming from. I have already replaced all the wheel bearings and the differentials should be full of lubricant from the factory so I cant think that they would be squeaking.
my slash cv axles finally fell apart. since it fell apart on the outer "cv" joint, i learned they are not actually cv. they are just u joints lol. they are well built though as i bashed the crap out of them for years,and they are lighter than some of my other metal axles. it appears the outer boot fell off and maybe it held a pin in place that broke, or went flying and it lost for ever.
3:07 the drive cup keeps deforming by the dogbone pins. I swear i saw once a video of someone putting on a third party nut that threaded itself onto the drive cup to hold it intact. Anyone knows about that part?
@@iftibashir Ah ok thanks! Curious about something, has anyone weighed the difference from a stock Maxx vs a Maxx with the widekit, and the steelcvd kit installed?
The Maxx has extremely weak joints on the stock plastic driveshafts. I've broken 3 of them within the last couple weeks just driving around the farm, no jumps!
I was running my maxx v2 pretty hard since I first got it on Thursday and didn't have any issues with the driveshafts other than well somehow losing a damn u joint which I still don't get why it happened but yeah so I just put the steel shafts on and hopefully everything works but haven't tested it yet
Hi there good vid I've just put the wide maxx kit on my maxx now I want to do this upgrade can you give me the part numbers for the steel drive shaft kit and the Hex nut kit cheers
