Check & Adjust RC Slipper Clutch - How-To 

"Your not driving this to work, so you dont need it to be reliable." Best RC quote ever!!!!!

i love it when he says... it goes wheeeeeeeee and doesnt go anywhere. that actually helps people understand the actual issues that may have, instead of just showing people how to adjust it.. great videos guys!

You guys are awesome! I wish my local hobby shops were as enthusiastic and helpful you guys

Thank you guys so much I have a rustler that has just been sat in the garage because when I put throttle on it didn't go anywhere I just got took your advice to tighten it a lot and now it's zooming again Thanks again!!

I never thought id learn about my slash 2wd slipper clutch and how to tune it to my liking this quick. You guys made it simple and easy to understand!

Over 6 months of changing EVERYTHING else it seems through the driveline and watching soooo many videos and you just solved my problem. Thanks so much! I subscribed.

Best explanation I've seen so far. Good job guys

Being new to RC this video was super helpful

This is an awesome vid and I’m so glad I came across it. I was working on my rustler and did the suggested adjustments. Thanks so much!

Im new to the RC hobby and i gotta say you guys have some pretty helpful stuff on here, keep up the good work!

Best tutorial I've seen as a new rc owner. Traxxas slash 4x4 ultimate

Great video! 👍💯 I tightened down the slipper bolt a bit & now my Traxxas Rustler rips faster than before! Subscribed!

I just discovered you guys. I am new to the hobby. Old and worn out in everything else. Just thought I would tell you that I am enjoying watching your videos. You are fun and informative! Thanks!

Thank you for this video. I just got my Nitro Rustler from a garage sale and thought it was broke. I said ahh well just paid $50.00. Saw your video did what you said and now I am tearing up the asphalt. Lol

Got my Rustler at the beginning of the year and learning. Very helpful vids. Thanks.

OMG I found this video so helpful!!! Me being me I ripped my motor out and was checking all this stuff until I found this video, tysm!.

very helpful cause thought I stripped my gear I didn't know it was those cheap plastic pads great explanation guys I just bought the hot Racing carbon fiber pads keep it up guys

Super helpful and insightful. Thanks for sharing your RC wisdom!

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH MY TRUCK FINALLY WORKS AGAIN. I watched This video and I tried it and my car works again

Thanks guys, was just modding my Rustler and had to take the clutch off. Now I know what to do next. See you next time 😉

your explaining so good, works for me awesome! thanks man

Wow , very well explained , thank you so much , much love from India

I had to take the spur gear off yesterday to reach a suspension screw that broke loose. I thought that nut in the middle was to take it off and tried that first, only to find out what it really did in another video. It was a traxxas bandit, and it seemed to be cranked all the way down from the factory, so that's where I put it back. Seems to run okay after putting it back together.

I like coming in to your store. You guys have been very helpful. Thank you. I'll be buy after this covid 19 thing is over.

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Thank you guys so much! I love RC's so much. Just finished my first kit. I also just fixed my old duratraxx truggie and 2wd traxxas slash. Lol the truggie is missing a spur gear, but I think I have one lying around. What brushless ESC would you guys recommend? I'm trying to convert the trugggie to brushless. I already have a brushless motor... Please get back to me asap. (I subbed)

thank you so much this helped very substantially!

Great vid. Easy to understand for the newbies.

Thank you for your advice, awesome!

Great job guys! I have a kyosho nitro buggy and i was wondering how would I adjust the clutch because it does not have a slipper clutch like the traxxas models?

These guys are great! Good info!

I agree with tightening slipper all the way. Because I switched to a brushless setup and kept burning up the spur gear and slipper parts. I tightened the slipper all the way and no longer have that issue. And like he said an $8 gear part much cheaper & easier to fix and replace.

just got my slash to go again ! thanks guys !

on my first RC I melted the spur gear that the entire was gone. I have learned a lot sence then. Im watching this because my cousins have broke a total of 6 front and back diffs and I have not broke one yet and I did not have a lot of info about this

AWESOME INFORMATION!...I have a question hoping you guys can answer. I recently chose to put aluminum slipper pads. After a couple of runs I opened it back up and noticed I had metal shavings every where in my MM/Slipper housing. Turns out that the hubs were grinding into the aluminum pads leaving a circular groove in the pads. Is that normal for aluminum pads?...because the plastic stock pads only had scuff marks that I can easily clean off...the hub didn't cut/dig into the plastic. If it's not normal...what can be the cause of this?

Thank you! Helped a lot guys!

I have not only adjusted the Slipper Clutch in my ECX 2WD Ruckus but upgraded pretty much my whole Truck. I upgraded her Transmission with new Metal Gear set & Associated Slipper Pads, upgraded to a Metal Spur & Pinion Gears & applied some Tamiya Cera-Grease & bought a Clear Plastic Trans Cover (that looks 😎 watching the Gears-a-turnin' 👍). A new Metal Slippery Diff (& I opened up my Stock Diff & Locked it with Super Glue as a replacement to try. 😜). I also upgraded my Drive Shafts to a set of Hot Racing HD Shafts (not the Star Shafts, just the thinner round 1's. 1 of the 1st upgrades to do due to the Stock Plastic pos items breaking almost every time you take it out! 😔). I upgraded my Stock ECS & Brushed Motor to a HobbyWing EzRun WP-SC8 & a Leopard Hobby 3800KV Brushless Motor, & added a Motor Heatsink & Fan that I "piggy-back" connected to the ECS Fan wiring, so both fans run together from the same Plug Port. 😘 Upgraded the front Steering & Suspension with mostly HR Alloy kit (some goood bit o' kit, right there, that HR is! 😅) & (Cheap Chinese from Wish)Metal Camber/Caster Adjusters, Front & Rear (went back to Stock Steering Arms due to the Wish 1's I bought being too short. 😕), a HD Steering Servo. HR Rear Hubs. I installed a Light Kit & Roof Light Kit but need new of both from rolling & crashing my Raucous BEAST!! 😂). Oh, I had to install a Traxxas Wheelie Bar & am working out Front Weights to help keep the Front End DOWN so I can have SOME semblence of Control. 😂 I only need a new Dual Battery Charger that "does it all" & a new Battery or few. My Vant 7.4V 30C 4000mAh battery is swelling due to improper storage on my behalf (I beleive?). I had it charged unused the past 6 months due to my upgraded Alloy Bell Housing losing an Allen Screw or 2 & falling apart, breaking stuff, etc... & my being financially strained, unable to get replacement parts. I just worked out a temporary fix using some Stock Parts until I can get a new Bell Housing, & whilst doing the repair job checked my battery & it's-a-balloonin', man! No good. So I'm discharging it completely running the cars' Lights & Fans to dispose of it properly asap. 😅 What would you suggest is a suitable Battery C-Rating for my Setup? I am pretty sure the ballooning is due to improper storage as the Battery hardly heated up under use compared to the Stock Battery & ECS, etc... THAT Battery got HOT! I just want to be sure that I am correct in thinking the Battery WAS ok, & that 'twas my bad storing it charged. Thanks heaps! ☺

Thank you so much, you just saved me a headache!

Thank you guys that was a big help!!!!!!

I’ve always fully tightened the slipper clutch on all my vehicles haha. I like all the power to go to the wheels

Thanks...this video helped tremendously.

I’m glad you said it before me, please don’t take this wrong, but for having big hands you sure can work on some tiny parts lol

If I close my eyes while watching this, I can pretend it's Seth Rogan giving the RC lesson. You probably get that a lot.

oh thanks for this info i was wanting quick take off and cool spinning of the tires lol.i thought i was going to have to try to change gears or something..ill be sure to get a few extra parts if they break

amazing video, thanks!

Thanks for your help guys ..

Thank you seriously needed this

Great vid i appriciate this allot thanks guys!!

thx guys my car went down yesterday and I thought right away its the motor but when i picked him up, the wheels still turned when pressing gas. I took it apart and found no broken things but now I know that I have to check this as well. This video is by far the best I found.

Thanks guys!

Does the slipper help with braking too? Will it ease off a little on the gears with hard braking? Or does it not matter at all.

Thanx for this video it really help me out

I just got the E Revo nitro conversion unit. I can not get the Dx5c and my 6ch rx to deal with the 2 speed w/rev transmission . What are some tips to setting this up?

Thank you for the help my good sir

Great info. Thank you.

What if you have a horrible, loud sound coming from it? I adjusted the Velineon motor on my 2WD Rustler and lost the screw while driving it and it tore up the spur gear. I replaced the gear and I still have that sound. I also have the Slash 2WD with the Valineon motor upgrade, so I can tell they're the same. Not sure what it is. Possibly the transmission?

I have a 2wd Traxas rustler and I put larger oversized rims and tires on it for the front end back and i burned out my slipper clutch. When i press the throttle it wouldn't really move fast so im going to replace the slipper clutch it's burned out bad. Should I just tighten that Spring And is it okay to run the larger tires on the front and back? It's the brusless VXL model and the tires and rims i bought are way bigger then the origin tires it actually looks like a monster truck now.

So can I follow the same principle here tighten it to it's Max capacity then do one full twist to loosen I own a stampede and it was recently repaired and upgraded but it isn't popping wheelies as that is one of the reasons you get a stampede 4x4 vxl I follow this guide and I will be good to go?

The slipper clutch maintenance kit you can get for the Traxxas Rustler VXL the pads you get with it are made from some kind of material. You can also get the slipper clutch maintenance kit for something like the Stampeed but the pads are made from metal. Will this kit work with the Rustler?

Fixed it! Thanks!

Ahh! So that’s why whenever I would accelerate with my 4x4 slash, it kinda of just sits for a split sec before slowly gaining speed! Because I had replaced the entire Transmission and didn’t adjust it! The problem I suspected but never knew. Thanks!

Guys I can’t start my slayer pro I can hear the ez start but the flywheel doesn’t move sometimes it does sometimes it doesn’t , not sure what to do i hope you can give me some advice, thank you!

Hey man I have a question, I keep on breaking the pin on my slipper shaft, there are two pins, one on the outside that you can see after removing the slipper clutch and then one more in the transmission on top of a gear, I have probably had to replace that pin inside my transmission nine or ten times now.. I’m getting frustrated, The people at my hobby store said that they have no clue what is going on most of them are on their first slipper shaft pin and still running smoothly, am I doing anything wrong? I have my slipper clutch adjusted a turn out

Thanks this really helped

Same here as my car was fine out the box then made a wizzing noise. And it turns out it was this 👍👍

i'm so grateful you made this video, sub+, like+ thank you so so much

i have the nitro rustler and it has a slipper clutch on it. Do i use the same instruction for mine? i bash only.

Thanks, great help

Really helped thank you

Great advice 👌🏽

The slipper is designed to help increase traction on low traction surfaces, and reduce the load on the gearbox. If you adjust it too loosely, it can damage the slipper and the spur gear. Adjusting it too tight can cause damage to the gear box/spur. To adjust it properly, place the vehicle on the surface you intend to drive on, and from a dead stop, accelerate hard. The slipper should slip for no more than 2 feet.

I smoked my clutch so bad i thought it was the motor, lol, it did smell like an electrical fire, is the 5352R kit compatible with the XL-5 2WD RUSTLER?, Thanks

Hi guys I've got an RC car I've done what you said but only one side is gripping the other sides not so what does that mean

Wish you guys still made more videos

nice video

I support the roger way!!!

I had mine too tight, sheared my spring pin on my slipper clutch input shaft, it sucked to replace

Thank you. :)

When I hold my spur gear and spin the rear wheel it doesn’t move the spur gear at all help please!!!!

Thanks this helped

So my traxxas 2wd having issues I'm at a total loss it fly's going backwards but slipper won't let it move forward really strange

Thanks for the video. I needed this because I removed the bearing in my Slash which is attached to the slipper, and didn't know how to readjust it when putting it back together.

Anyone have advice on how to prevent breaking the slipper clutch shaft pin so often? I'm new and bought a rustler vxl used, and the slipper may have been too loose. I'm an expert now at tearing this apart. Lol..

hi thanks for your answer! can I build the 3 pads of the clutch with some material? wood or any other ? today one of them has broken cause IT was too thin.

Do hobby grade rcs have it

Favorite new RC quote " you're not driving this thing to work you don't need it that reliable it's just a $3 part"

How should i set it if i keep breaking my diffs? Will loosening it save my diffs or will it just wreck my spur gear? I have a 1/16 revo with a 1/8 motor and it just keeps destroying my drivetrain. My driveshafts are all steel but everything else breaks even when testing at only 1/4 throttle... :/ id mych rather replace a spur gear every run than pull my diffs out after every run. Edit: i did shim my diffs.

You pointing out the removable plug was a lifesaver. I’ve taken off and reinstalled the whole cover 3x tonight.

I have a stampede, I thought the differential was shot so I bought a new one and installed still just power to the right side is this a slipper issue? Anything will help like your channel.

What would cause the teeth on the slipper clutch to strip out

I hold my spur and push but my tires don't move but I have a weird sound coming between both axles. Please let me know what you think. Thanks

hi thanks for the video. is IT true that if the clutch is too tight IT can damage the engine? or burn IT because the big Gear is too tight and that over forces the engine (velineon)?

why don’t you guys make video anymore i love it you guys should make more videos

So I switched to a 70 tooth, and the gear mesh keeps slipping sometimes. The wheel is spinning fine but the gear just slips sometimes

Yeah this solved my problem. My clutch actually caught on fire... Getting a new one soon.

The guy with glasses 👓 is cool lol

i can't get a replacement slipper for my cen ct5. Do i need a slipper anyway, or can i just remove it and still drive it?

Can you guys make a video about the electric motors and which is been

do y'all do axail wraith

if I follow your guide for the 2WD transmission upgrade, and im thinking about getting the Slipper Clutch ELIMINATOR I have a full aluminum 2WD stampede 3S lipo, Castle Sidewinder , traxxas VXL 3500kv motor, steel roll cage, etc I'm going for maximum bash and as much torque as possible. my question is... Which parts can I expect to be regularly replacing, I know I'm gonna be breaking stuff