Arrma Notorious Essential Upgrades (CHEAP) 

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Give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach a man to fish he has to buy equipment

Was changing bearings on my slash which is a frequent maintenance job here in Canada during the looooooong winters of snow bashing. I had a hex nut grub screw that was locktighted and could not get it from the plastic part which it was in physical contact with, So what i did to get it off basically boiled the whole hub carrier, hex nut, drive shaft part, was not hot enough to damage the plastic but I was able to get the screw loose and finish changing over the bearings. So boiling water can be a way to deal with locktite, who knew

Kevin, love your shop man! Lot of hard work I'm sure but it looks so organized and clean, sign of an efficient shop in my opinion. Enjoy and respect all your vids and passion to share. Peace, Wheelchair John in Idaho :)

I was waiting for the Servo wire in mount surprise! I had same reaction.. makes it a bit annoying to upgrade. Wire routes thru servo mount, under esc tray clips, under driveshaft.. and into Rx box. There must be a simpler way.

Great Video man love the Time laps your getting much better at Video Editing. Great Job man Can't wait for the next one!

I am learning SO much from your videos. Thank you!

Just so you know, almost all of the grub screws, etc. from the factory are threadlocked like that, sometimes there is so much, that things like your outdrive cups, and the axle hubs get welded to the parts they are attached to, and like you are doing just add some heat (when I had to remove my hex from the hub, that is exactly what I found, but because it is in plastic, I couldn't use a torch like that, I had to just hold a soldering iron in there to breakup the threadlock). For when you eventually get to them.

Use naptha to dissolve/dilute the silicone oil. I use a small container with naptha in it and scrub the gears and inside of the cup with a tooth brush. Once you get the bulk of it out, dry parts with a towel, then a blast of air and it's ready to go in a couple minutes vs waiting for the heavy oil to drain out on it's own. This becomes a lot better to do especially once you get over 50K/100K/500K oil in there as that stuff takes forever to drain on it's own. I'm currently running 100k/500k/100k in my outcast diffs and really like it. Enough give to absorb shock on landings, but not so much that diffs unload constantly. Watching you take that center diff out by removing the 2 screws on top of the cage, then laying down the cage sides made me realize how stupid I am for not doing the same. Getting those stupid long pins out is a PITA when the esc/servo is in the way. 20 years in the hobby and still learning!

Im liking the self plug intro hourglass timer Kev

The aluminium brace is always a good idea ;)

Love watching these Kev! Very informative. It may get me back into running em again.

Hey Kev! Love how you keep it fresh with your eBay course info. Very smart about it. Keep it up buddy. That hour glass tho. 😎

Thanks Kev for making the eBay course free I have already started

Because of your channel I wished a real rc car for christmas present.

I love the Notorious! Definitely gonna be my next bashing RC!

Love the arrma!!!!

Love the videos!! Thanks for your time and effort it's much appreciated!!

Love your vids keep up the great work!!!

Nice video kev 👍 sweet upgrades can't wait to see it rip 👊

I think it looks cooler with the scratches on the body, makes it look worn and with a 1950s based truck body it suits it really well

Hot racing makes a ton of aluminum parts for these as well as the kraton 6s

❤❤❤❤❤❤ i got my new electronics for the tamiya dt03 and i got 20 black annodised alu parts i got black to keep it clean looking!!

Nice upgrade kev!👍

You should have at least 1 million subs

Get these for the steering 6x10x3mm Rubber Sealed Ball Bearing pack off 10x for the Kraton and notorious it improved my steering the original ones are bushes only £6.65 and your have 2x spare

I still can’t fathom how people have the nerve to feel entitled to free stuff, especially stuff as expensive as these rc cars

I bought my ruslter 4x4 by selling stuff on eBay and I am selling more right now to get my next RC, I just started to mess around with eBay to make money for RCs since I don't have a lot of extra money in my regular job. I'm gonna have to check your course out for some tips.

Pretty good upgrades Kev. 👍👍👍👍

Interested to see what it’s like with the different gearing , seriously thinking about buying one of these , looks so mean 😍

Sweet . Thanks for the look

Kev when you said it was ready do go, I don’t know if you meant that minute, but lock tight needs 24 hours to cure, or else it’s really bad for the pinion.

My fav RU-vidr

Love your vids keep it up bro

Yes... the loctite on the pinion. It's on the motor and differential mounts too. LOL.

I need to find a way to replace/rebuild the front bumper and rear wing, both pieces that snapped off after only jumping it 4-5 times total... Was so hoping this video would have that since they're clearly the two parts on the car that break the most (both replacement parts are out of stock for the next 4 months) Im thinking about fabricating a bumper piece out of sheet metal, but I can't think of a way to fix the wing. ☹

Try heating things up with a soldering iron, less likely to burn other things.

Hello kev I'm surprisingly early today. BTW you make awesome video's

Mate I'm not sure it's your thing to much but an idea for a video the buggie jumps and traction with and without the wing. Just interested to see the difference is

Nice video when are you going to make the video of the rustler reperations? I can’t wait Could you say me if it’s a good rc car?

Hi Kevin good video as expected

The new notorious has the center brace and a upgraded servo arm.

Nice vid kev

Gosh ya make that look so easy. I’m new to this and need to do my center diffs but affraid I won’t be able to get it done. No torch pen. Where ya get that thing

I work in a rc shop and its been a long time since ive had an rc car and im about to pick up a 6s notorious. I am looking for a good bit of upgrades to make it bullet proof and this video went a long way with helping but theres a few more i want to do as well so thank you for all the help and my boss knows you for a good ways back. Said you used to go in his dads shop all the time

really like the new business plug! wasnt a big fan of the other one was kinda a little business like but this one is very good keep up the good work!! ps i am thinking of starting a rc channel myself let me know what you think!

Excellent video. 👍

Kev you got me into Scot Joplin now!!!

How do you snap your fingers so loud. Been trying for weeks to get that kinda volume! Can you make a How to video on the finger snap!

Loved this vid

looks good kevin!!

Ohhh shit.....loving it

What would you recommend for a new wheelie bar or rear wing I broke mine and wanted to know if it’s better stock or to upgrade it

you should try the arrma talion 6s

Hey Kev do the LaTrax Teton it is cheap and backed by Traxxas you could upgrade it to do brushless aswell with a mamba micro x. PLZ

What is that song's name !? Love it

Hey @kevin. What hex bits are you using mate. I'm still using cheap ones lol

Kev,you are getting a fair bit off of Banggood now. do us UK guys get hit with a lot of duty/taxes?

I'm starting to get interested in the Arma trucks, I like the body's look and if it holds up to your skate park of doom I might have to get one, good video

How did I miss this vid?? No notification wtf RU-vid! Hey Kev can I have ur RC’s, just give me all of them, 😂 I could only imagine how many times u have been asked for free stuff, why not ur rich right 😆

😃👍Looks great nice work.

That's a freeking awesome RC car

I got one 2 days ago so happy

Do one like this for the slash 4x4

101 about gearing taller gear does not mean better bashing you putting more strain on the motor then you put thicker gear lube is even more strain on the motor and going to make the motor hotter the esc works harder and get hotter faster taller gear smaller tires small gear bigger tires :/

Heyy kev!! Can you buy a Axial Yeti XL 1/8? And i love your vidéo 😁

What is that tool you used to heat up the screws? 🙏🏼

Hopefully for Christmas I will get my first rc car

You could do a repair week. There you are only uploading videos how you repair your rc cars

i saw that you have hpi mats did you used to run their cars.

Do u think it would be hard to replace the braces with the esc on or off. And as well for the Servo

Very nice video lad. Btw know were i can get a cheap Traxxas nimh battery by its self?

Alright kev did you upgrade the servo in any arrma yet? If so what would you recommend? Cheers bud keep bashing!!!

I might be dumb, but the parts provided in the discr shows me parts for "kraton" are they the same or are the links broken? Thank u :)

Nice one kev :)

I have the v5 version with metal chassis are would I need these upgrades??

Hey kev I have a notorious also and both of my rear wheels were loose and I lost both drive shafts do you know how long they are?

Hey mate jusy bought one of these just wondering if the other arrma rc cars a arms fit from rpm

What upgrades y'all do on your notorious

Hot racing parts are way way better . Just saying Thanks for the great videos 💯✅👍🏻

U should get a monster truck body for the x max

Dispel this car come stock with XT90 connectors of IC5 connectors?

why oh why is that gear exposed on the bottom of the chasis?

We will be doing a Christmas special and how are you Kev can you do a small burn out with a moped thank you

what rc car diff oil weight would you use if you werent going to use the silicone earplugs?

Don’t worry bout those people kev i cant even afford a cheap Rn car let alone my dream an xmaxx. Guess time and patients is all it takes cause begging isn’t gonna get u nowhere!

I'm curious to hear how the center diff fluid worked. I have a Kraton I can't keep on 4 wheels.

I like gpm but takes way to long to get in the states

oh and on my talion and my dads serpent gt i put 1million in my center can it works really good and he put 20 million in his and it is like rubber so its really good so i would recommend it.

You should do more x maxx videos.

Buy and Compare cheapest slash vs your super slash

Were did you get those power tools

One question Kev is why did you decide to upgrade the Notorious before testing its durability stock? Its shorter than the kraton so might not have bent as much.

Very nice!

Is it not possible to go a little less ham on the throttle :P

I run 1 million fluid in my center diff 👍🏻

Kevin you should be using 1,000,000 weight center diff oil in all of the Arrma rigs. I have used 500,000 before and still thin after it warms up. Great videos!!!!

Hey , where did you get your pen torch?

Nice song editing

Sweet love that rc