How to break in a Brushed Rc Motor for a LONGER LIFE / Water method 💦 

Thats a great way of breaking them in. I used to do it that way. Now i just chuck them in the rigs and fire them in the mud and water and clean really good when im done for the day and replace frequently 😆 👊👍💯

Nice old school break in! 👍

Old school! Love it!

Excellent explanations and very good method. Great job, super video !!

If you break the motor in, using reverse voltage, you will lose some rpm and torque when it's running forward. As the brushes break in, they will form to the commutator giving a slight timing advance in the direction that it was broken in. Another thing is to experiment with different lubes. While racing a slash spec class on a carpet oval, another racer and I experimented with a dozen different lubricants using a dyno, and the consistent lap times of our short carpet oval. Certain lubes would pull up to 3000 more rpm, and shave 3 tenths off of an 8 second lap. I don't use water anymore. My motors were faster and lasted just as long on a 10 min dry 6v break in. I did blow the motor out with compressed air during the break in, lubed the bushings during break in, and cleaned and lubed it at the end the same as you did...

Nice Justin i just sink my truck in a body of water to break in the motor 🤣😅🤣😅😅 seriously Nice tip💯👍

Good tutorial, I usually just spray out the motors with contact cleaner and keep the bearings lubed. Especially when you run in the rain and dirt. 👍🏾

Great system Bro!! Thanks for share!! first I clean of dust, rocks and frogs!! Very usefull Bro!! Thanks for share!! Have a great day!!

Thank you buddy always appreciate the insights, I've been doing the water part but haven't done the contact cleaner and lube so thank you very much for sharing this 😎🙏🏜

Love that truck shell

Always a good idea. Thanks for sharing. Been a long time since I have done one. Thumbs up

Oldschoolcool! Not sure why spell check put that all in one word but I'm going to leave it

great info

Always remember to lube your shaft

Fantastic Video Justin, thanks for sharing this How to video bro 👍😎👍🇬🇧🇺🇲👍

Might try Deoxit D5. It's a non-solvent contact cleaner and lubricant. It works well on scratchy potentiometers and switch contacts, so it might work well on motors.

Thanks very much for the information know how awesome job brother

Awesome video I have never heard of that but definitely nice to know thank you

Water is abrasive. It speeds up the wear of the brushes. Water break in seats the brushes to the comm faster so you get more power. Water break in doesn’t prolong the life of the motor, it actually takes life away. Water break is an old method for racing applications were seated motors were used for more power changing motors during a race. It makes for a faster better seated motor, but definitely kills the motor faster.

EXCELLENT vid BRO.👍👍🤜🤛💯🍻✌️

Great tutorial Justin!

Thanks for sharing 👍

This is great info👍🤜🤛

Awesome video super cool tutorial great job thumbs up 👍

Cool information and video

Great break-in tip

I saw a guy this weekend that I think was adding Kerosene to the water also. Not sure what that is all about but when he noticed it was out he put it away and said I wasn't supposed to let you see that.

👍☘️🇮🇪. Very good

great video

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So would this still be beneficial to a motor thats run about 8 packs? Its an arrma 12 550. Also would this be wise to do periodically as a maintenance cleaning?

How about com drops ? Or just putting a drop of oil on the com every race help with more power?

Can you do this method also with the Tamiya Super Stock motors?

Is this ok to do after a motor has been raced a couple times?

Looks like you need a solvent trap lol

I call bs