i have one of the newer 14b gammas and they still havent fixed the rock problem :/

Losi mini 8

Out the box it should be set fine. Just has the same on one of ours whereas the other is fine. The one thats fine does seem to have more oil/grease around the bearing though which is maybe why its lasted. Hopefully a warranty repair!

awesome!!

Even from gentle driving.. what I'm seeing is the spur gear is getting chewed up because the bearing fails.. ultimately the problem is it doesn't have a slipper clutch.. how to build a machine like this without a slipper clutch is just lazy engineering. I believe I know what they did they put in three open differentials thinking that would be enough wheel spin to stop the damage from happening but ultimately there's a giant shock load when you go in the air and land or whenever you go from spinning to high traction

Thank you for comment, so i will get better the losi mini T 2.0 for my 5 year old son, although its 2wd and not 4wd, but easier to repair....

Lc embt rocks...rips, takes a beating and runs 3s.. but ive snapped cvds on 3s with big tires

I was driving my friends earlier today, and I was just driving it down the road not abusing it at all and the servo just died out of absolutely no where

Same problem with fast Eddy bearings? Same car, just had to order new bearings. Spur gear disintegrated. Literally turned to powder.

So if the bearing siezed and wasnt caught in time what happens is the chassis and or top housing melt and by replacing with any type of bearing it will fail again those parts als9 need replaced then zero issues.

Glad to be of assistance. I like to think I'm a pretty smart guy and trying to reassemble this thing from a bucket of parts... I was feeling pretty dumb. After figuring it out that's why I made this video... Cuz I know there's other guys that have to be in this boat!

How have the fast Eddy bearings held up? I just blew mine out and ordered a set of fast Eddy breathing and spur gear.

They are still in the box. My factory bearings are still running fine. Although, I can tell the factory bearings aren't as good of quality as the fast Eddie bearings for sure.

Hi Kirk. 3.8 volts is not even half discharged... It should cut off at 3.2. I have a more advanced charger that shows me how much charge is getting put into it... And I'm only putting in about 750 milliamps... Which is ridiculous considering it's a 1600 pack. The cut off doesn't seem to work right at all...

Yes, I get that but it is quite possible that your lipo is sagging to the cut off voltage when under load during a punch out for example. I don't know. I had some old lipos that sag bad from near full charge and the ESC would demonstrate cut off behavior (throttle to zero, brake on). When using new quality lipo the ESC has NOT cut off on me yet. I stopped w cell voltage at 3.75 V static just because I think they last longer. If you were to run down to 3.2V per cell the lipo no matter the quality will sag to damaging levels during high loads. Good luck! Hope it helps

@@kirkglundal4289 it could be that I have a defective battery... But I've seen the same effect with my kids cars also I guess I'd have to do a little more experimenting.. I get that there's a voltage drop under load... But my other speed controllers (castle) seem to be programmed extremely well where they can tell the difference between a temporary drop and a real drop. This thing will pretty much cut 90% of the power and then you let go of the throttle and then it gives you full power again. It's very erratic. I don't know how I can make it any clearer if you're only draining the battery to 3.8 volts you're only using half the capacity. To my knowledge it does not hurt lithium polymer batteries to drain them completely because they're not really draining completely that's why you have the 3.2 cut off. I believe you are thinking about sealed lead acid batteries where draining them below half capacity is very detrimental to the lifespan

@@johnsteele8073 Yes. my stock ESC does the same thing. If I try the throttle again, after cut off, it takes off then repeats cut off. That behavior doesn't happen with a Li-po in good shape though. YMMV. The sc300bl manual states, 3.2V for more than 2 sec.. I suspect my very old small 2s packs are indeed sagging enough to induce the cut off. Nice, Castle is quality stuff and likely much more efficient for sure. I expect to get 50-60% of the rating on any battery and be doing well. I shoot for 3.8 to 3.7V in general. Maybe go down to 3.6V but Lipo's drop off the cliff at 3.6V. It's really diminishing returns after 3.7V. I just throw in a fresh pack, it's just a number (mAh.) I am used to aviation where a little safety margin is important. A car, I guess it matters less except at the cost of battery longevity. Stay above 3.7V and your batteries will last longer, no doubt.

LCracing or Tacon 1/14th scale lineup. Way better than this platform... bought Tacon truggy for myself and got this for my son. We've had better durability with 14t than this, but once wear/tear started it's been a headache! Bought him brushed Traxxas Rustler to enjoy with ZERO issues... research LCracing or Tacon brands they're solid!

I think this is it I havent bought one yet www.hobbywingdirect.com/products/quicrun-wp-16bl30?variant=655602133

You have a link for the bearings

Yeah I know it's an awful boring terrible video. I've considered just taking it down. But vcm is awesome and mine is totally imperceptible even with 130,000 miles on it. I have personally achieved over 600 miles on one tank with all my family in the car so we're talking like 5,500 lb loaded at least... And that was going 60 to 65 on the freeway 31.9 miles per gallon measured at the tank. Kind of crappy of you to dislike my video though I mean I put right in the description everything I was doing. It's a long boring video. People with vcm problems usually use cheap oil I only use Amsoil.

I have FOUR OF THEM. All garbage. Its completely insane they run one run and strip gears. Sealed bearing failed. now Im spending $$$ on ceramic bearing. Ive owned associated 1/10 scale stuff for 20 years Ive never seem anything like this.

My son's did exactly in this video within the first 5 mins of running. He got it for Christmas from his grandparents. Now I have to fit it. Sucks.

You can get away with no brakes at all if you wanted to...it's just kind of a safety thing they want the blades to stop spinning quickly after you disengage it but as long as you're not putting your hands or feet underneath it... Alternatively you should be able to buy the part from one of the many online John Deere parts suppliers and if you get the part number you might be able to just get it on eBay sometimes it's quicker

Thsnks for the reply, ya I dought I will get the part. I was just worried it had to move when engaging the deck. I don't need safety, I was a safety monitor at GE locomotive plant, but I will say I was the most unsafe person lol. Oh speaking of safety do you still have all the safety features hooked up on your john deer. That is my next step is to unhook that ingenious saftey crap. I dont understand that reverse one. I thought keeping both hands on the wheel would be safer lol

Well the variable cylinder management is what allows it to get such good mileage... in fact I have pulled off a couple 32 mile per gallon tanks that's over 600 MI driving on one tank... There's a couple devices they have to disable it svcm for one but basically it fools the computer into thinking that it's never up to actual 170° operating temperature and that is what disables the vcm although that can cause overheating and a variety of other problems. The way that I personally avoid the problems with vcm is I use Amsoil true synthetic motor oil... It doesn't leave the deposits that can cause vcm failure and oil consumption. I have a 120,000 mi on this Odyssey right now., My in-laws have 150,000 miles on their 2015 pilot pilot... Ultimately the biggest cost of any vehicle is going to be gasoline... I purchased this thing brand new for $31,700 plus taxes and everything and I already have $14,000 in fuel that I've spent on it and I get good mileage. Let's just say I was running a vcm disabler the whole time.. let's just say that I use 10% more fuel well right there is $1,400 and I'm not done with the car yet. Over the course of $240,000 miles that would be $2,800 more in fuel I mean heck you could just about buy a new engine for that! I also use Amsoil transmission fluid because the stock transmission fluid is not very good and has killed many transmissions I personally tow 9000 pounds combined with this Odyssey so nobody can tell me that Honda transmission's are made out of glass it's just the transmission fluid sucks

also bless you for watching my awful awful video obviously this is just something I took with my cell phone and it was not prepared and I am not a professional anything when it comes to making videos in fact I did try to make a halfway decent video with my cell phone regarding some work I did on my lawn mower and it was a really humbling experience

For anybody that cares the tire pressure light was on because I had the heavier 235 60 18 snow tires on same diameter as original obviously

@@johnsteele8073 hi john, i live in mexico, here is not amsoil atf Available, only mobil And valvoline syntethic, do you think is better than honda atf oil ? Thank you

@@Christian-du1ru probably. Plenty of people have had good luck with Max life ATF

yes. theres a "plunger" that gets jammed up over enough time. The visible wheel that spins and has a sort of cam like gear on it drives the plunger..it basically just needed to be disassembled and cleaned and new orings for the plunger

I think it comes apart pretty easily... Make sure you have silicone grease on hand to lubricate the o-ring... If it's the part I'm thinking of

@@johnsteele8073 Rings on the way! Woo Hoo!

Head unit assembly. Gotta take the entire assembly apart. No customer service available. 3 days of emails. Go pound sand. Lol! Unit is brand new. They sent O rings and well wishes. But will not service the unit. I'm gonna try the O ring replacement. Beats replumbing and returning to the store.

@@0714will yuck. let me know how it turns out

Wow SAME issue! Thanks for the info! Looks like I'm going to Harbor freight tomorrow!

Yeah I know it's a year late. To anyone else reading I believe you would just adjust the brakes using the nut (s) on the threaded rods.