I'm surprised you hadn't stripped the plastic gears on the stock servo. Now that you have a bit more torque you'll find the servo saver is probably the upgrade that follows. The stock plastic one wears out fairly quickly. I went with an aluminium GPM one.
Interesting that you went for a Traxxas servo. It's a popular truck, that is great for newbies. Those new to the hobby that get the courage to change a servo don't want to struggle making things fit that don't perfectly line up. Even with a little know-how I may choose do go traxxas if updating the Erevo servos to avoid the hassle. It's hard ponying up for traxxas electronics at my experience level though.
Did this upgrade today, and wow what an amazing difference in control! Thanks for the video I watched it again while changing mine just to be sure not to miss anything. You ever watch the RU-vid channel "Smarter every day" you sound exactly like Destin yall could be brothers🤣
I put the stock xmaxx servo in my Maxx and that also gets really hot. (I put the 2085x in my XMaxx). Maybe it’s just the heat sink doing its job? The stock maxx one is all plastic and I didn’t notice it get hot but it has no metal band around it. I don’t think this guy is active anymore on here sadly.
Yes any standard size servo will work, you just need an adapter. Traxxas sells a plastic one that is very inexpensive, there also aftermarket aluminium ones. Promodeler servos would be my pick.
I think you servo saver is loose or worn, could se the wheels not getting anywhere near the end point of what it should. I had the same issue and fixed it with a new servo saver and a nut and bolt mod through the whole assembly :)
I don't really care about the 14 reviews on that site. All but 4 of them are from over a year ago. Several are two years old. It has a 4.3 star rating on Amazon out of 435 reviews.
