Traxxas X-Maxx Aftermarket 1/10th Scale Servo Install 

I have the 2085x servo and I make sure I set the endpoints and keep the servo saver slightly loose to save the servo incase I ever have a rough landing. Thanks for watching & commenting my R/C brother. I hope my steering servo advice helps you.

It was my x-girlfriends daughter's room. It was painted pink/purple for her but when me and her mom went separate ways I made it into an r/c room.

Unfortunately that servo didnt last very long🤨. I went back to a stock traxxas servo and installed metal gears in it and I upgraded the steering bell crank to aluminum and i loosened the servo saver adjustment to the lightest setting and I've had no steering servo issues since then.

@@myrclife what happened to the servo bro

@@slicktmi which servo do you mean? What happened to the aftermarket servo I installed in this video? Or the stock traxxas servo?

@@myrclife my bad lol yeah the jx servo

@@slicktmi The jx servo looked promising. I put it in the xmaxx with the 1/8th scale servo adapter and it worked great on the bench. After about 5 minutes it took out the metal gears in the jx servo! I was bummed out.

My servo failed soon after this video and I replaced it with the 2085x servo and haven't touched it since. I would buy the servo mounting kit I linked below. It comes with an aluminum mount that won't flex like the Traxxas one and a good servo horn. It's made by GPM 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 GPM For Traxxas X Maxx 4X4 Upgrade Parts Aluminum Servo Mount + Stainless Steel Tie Rod + 25T Aluminum Servo Horn (For X Maxx 6S / 8S) - 16Pc Set Red a.co/d/d8KLgO7

You need one of these standard size servo horns. Click the link below. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Aluminum Standard 25T Servo Horn For Traxxas X Maxx 4X4 6S / 8S - 2Pc Set Green a.co/d/e4PQtqO

I bought it off from Amazon The part number is CLS-HV7346MG But I want you to know it did not last very long on my xmaxx! About 5 minutes and it took the gears right out of it. It was good and strong, its just that a truck as big as an xmaxx really needs a big servo! Thanks for watching👍

I never ran mine very long. My servo gears striped out in about 3 minutes and then I ordered the 2085x (the stronger xmaxx steering servo with more torque and metal gears) after I installed the upgraded traxxas servo it worked great. Ive been running it now for a couple years. Whenever this video was made ,....until now....that's how long I've been running it without any issues. I know some people have went to a 10th scale Servo and had no problems but I did NOT have any luck with a 10 scale servo. I went to that upgraded Traxxas servo (2085X) and it worked great for me.

⁠@@myrclifethanks for being honest, I will get the 2085x or maybe I might just get the metal gears and upgrade the existing stock servo.

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I wouldn't v recommend moving to the 10th scale servo.

@@myrclife damn ok what are you running now?

I bought the upgraded heavy duty xmaxx servo. If your old stock servo just stripped out the plastic gears another option is ordering a new metal gear set for the heavy duty Servo and installing them into the stock servo if you wanted to save some money.

@@myrclife Im thinking about getting the reefs triple 7 . I don't want to hack my chassis up to fit a 5th scale and the 2085x is junk I've gone through 3 of them

My new 1/10th scale servo went out almost immediately. The xmaxx is a very big truck to be using a small servo like this 😔 Good luck

@@myrclife dang so whats better than the 1 10 or the one for the x maxx svero

I'd stick with the stock servo, just order the upgraded one. Part number=Tra2085x

@@myrclife is that one better or metal

It's got a stronger motor, and metal gears, and it comes with a stronger steering rod as well.

The part number for this servo is: #cls-hv7346mg And the xmaxx servo adapter part number is: #Tra7749 I am also going to put a link to these parts in the description of the video.

@@myrclife thought I saw in one of your comments that you not using it anymore ??? It broke ??? Would you still recommend???

Amazon

You can find them on ebay and bangood too I do believe.

No it immediately went out! I would stick with a stock xmaxx servo and buy a metal gear kit for it right away (under $20) and loosen up your servo saver a bit and it will be fine most likely.

Did you set the end points on the new servo?... Cuz if you didn't that's probably the reason it went out

I hear you buddy! It should of came stock with the 2085x AND batteries + a charger. All the big companies don't include batteries anymore unless it's a nickel metal hydride "piece of crap" battery! What's wrong with giving some lipos with a new RTR vehicle 🤷

I've seen ALOT of people using standard size servos in their xmaxx and have good luck. I DID NOT have good luck running the smaller standard size servos in my xmaxx. Thid video is more of an instructional video showing how to do the servo swap. Some of the more high dollar standard servos from companies like reefs & savox seem to last in the xmaxx if someone wants to do the swap. I went to the 2085x servo from Traxxas and I have had no problems. You said 1/5th scale servo's are the only ones that work in the x-maxx but unfortunately the only 1/5th scale servo you can install in the x-maxx is the one straight from Traxxas. I have seen some people cut and hack their chassis all up and Jimmy rigged a 5th scale servo in there but unfortunately there is no adapter kit that lets you slide in a 5th scale servo correctly in the xmaxx without lots of customization.

I did the same thing. I'd never put a 1/10th scale servo in my X-Maxx ever again.

That jx servo is junk. I have a savox black edition 2290sg.on my xmaxx with a gpm servo arm that inserts into the bearing like the stock does and l have had no problems you have to set the servo end points as well which is really must do because the xmaxx is a big beast. Takes a lot of stress off the servo setting the end points it doesn't continuously max out which saves your servo.

Exactly! End point adjustment is a MUST in this hobby. When the servos sit and hum at the end of the steering stroke, it just builds heat and causes stress. I might not show it in my video but I definitely set my end points. And I think I already responded to your last comment saying (that jx servo is junk and you destroyed it in one bash and the servo arm is junk too) I agree with you 100% ! Mine lasted not even 10 minutes! It stripped the gears inside and stripped the splines out of the cheap servo arm at the same time🤦😡😡😡😡😡. They should of NEVER made an 1/10th scale servo adapter for these big old trucks! Stupidest idea ever😡

I went the cheap route and bought the cheap jx servo. Bashed like 5 times with the savox black edition servo seems ok for now. I think the gpm servo arm helps out cause it has the bearing to ride on. The savox servo is 150$. Which l think isn't cheap. Reefs make a 5th scale servo 400$! I dont have money like that wish l did. Would buy one in a second.

I have the reefs triple 4 servo in my Tekno. I LOVE IT!!!