Exo's Clean Up Process with the HUGE DBXLE 2.0!!!

This is my typical cleanup process, I forgot to put in that I oil some surfaces prone to rust after all this. Post up your Cleanup Process and links to the DBXLE and the Simple Green are below, use them to help support Exocaged RC! Thanks!!
Simple Green
Amazon amzn.to/3GQ3UF7
Ebay ebay.us/TtXMff
PowerHobby Rooster X Belted Sand Paddles for Xmaxx and Other 5th scale vehicles
www.powerhobby...
Losi DBXLE 2.0
Amain bit.ly/3zz97xc (Red)
Amain bit.ly/3DEQQAV (Fox)
Horizon bit.ly/3kPpTlo ( BOTH )
CNHL 8000mah 4s
Amazon amzn.to/3GvFnok
Vitavon DBXLE Chassis on Ebay and the other parts
Chassis ebay.us/FK126p
Bellcrank ebay.us/1ma2De
Shock Towers ebay.us/GlaFQC
Steering Hubs/Knuckles ebay.us/AshI04 (Black)
Front Bulkhead ebay.us/IafgD2 (Silver)
Front Bulkhead ebay.us/PxZrCH (Red)
Center Transmission ebay.us/syFnlP (Silver)
Center Transmission ebay.us/xyD9zb (Black)
Rear Hubs ebay.us/4GMKF3 (Black)
Chassis Supports ebay.us/SGqXIU (Silver)
20t pinion I used
Ebay ebay.us/CVsdBY (20t)
Amazon amzn.to/3oeqhxa (20t and 21t)
Castle XLX2 ESC with 800KV motor
Amain bit.ly/3oJWsDc
Amazon amzn.to/3qAJzOo
Ebay ebay.us/d66CMG
Proline Masher X
Ebay ebay.us/UtViDk
Horizon bit.ly/3yCbn5I
DGI 1" Wideners
Ebay ebay.us/oyH3q8
The ReefsRC Beast Servos
Beast 1000 www.reefsrc.co...
Beast 2000 www.reefsrc.co...
Flysky GT5
Amazon amzn.to/3A57B6Z
Ebay ebay.us/I6ukB0
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[@keaginm2791]

I clean mine by taking them out for another rip to knock all of the dirt loose! 😀

[@GoFastRC]

For my electrics i just use my air compressor and a tooth brush with some wd40 at the end to give it a shine. For my nitros i do a complete tear down and clean everything by hand. You have grown so much since i have last looked at your channel, congrats!

[@ExocagedRC]

Thank you buddy

[@billygoatracer]

I'm a big fan of simple green and it's also safe around kids and dogs

[@overdosed51]

I've been using Grios garage ceramic coating spray on my trucks after I wash them. It's kind of like spraying them down with WD40 without the greasy mess! Literally nothing sticks to my plastic/metal and the shine is awesome.

[@chadcole7360]

CorrosionX doesn't hurt anything. I use it everywhere... Any joint area.. bearings.. I spray it right inside of my receivers. Totally waterproofs everything

[@onegr8greekguy1]

Meow...I trusted you!! : )

[@madmaxximus1234]

Almost the same way. I spray simple green over it all first, let it soak a bit then rinse and brush. Then it stands in front of heater to dry and warm up abit. When ready a light coat of wd40 over the hole car. I fount it to largely reduce squeaky hinges.

[@rcilluminati26]

***If you run your RCs away from home, get a 2 gallon garden pump sprayer and take it with you. Way easier to spray the car down while its still wet and muddy and you dont get that crap all over your trunk or back seats. The pressure is enough to clean but not blast bearings and seals.

[@ExocagedRC]

This is very true. Once it’s dried it’s more of a job to clean it up.

[@Capital.Custom.and.Classics]

Thanks for this video. I clean ours the same way

[@bbeckers24]

I hit mine with air hose first to minimize how much water I need to spray on it. After washing I use leaf blower. The air is dryer than from compressor and moves more air which I find better at blasting off water.

[@DoRC]

The biggest tip I have for people washing off their cars is to wash them off, then blow them off with compressed air and finally most importantly put them in front of a fan to finish drying. Set them on end and turn them every half hour so. This accelerates the drying process and helps prevent water from seeping into little looks and crannies and rusting things

[@ExocagedRC]

Great tips!

[@RCBASHINGFYN]

I do the following: 1. Spray down with water 2. compressed air 3. light WD-40 coat on all surface 4. compressed air.

[@seanweir7311]

I use a hair drier to dry it out then spray with silicone.

[@ExocagedRC]

Hair dryer, yeah that’s makes perfect sense. Warm/hot air helps to dry. Nice tip!

[@rcilluminati26]

Try some Maxima SC1 spray after its clean and dry. The stuff is amazing, makes the body look new as well as all plastic. It protects and makes everything a bit water resistant and makes cleaning easier because dirt doesnt stick as easily. It even smells good, lol. Just be carerful with overspray in the house, it will make most flooring slippery as hell. I found this out the hard way

[@ExocagedRC]

I’ll check that out

[@Evergreen085]

Funny I was more worried about the ESC than the bearings. Nice rig and its good to see it so well taken care of.

[@DoRC]

The seals on these little bearings are actually really interesting. If you look at one under magnification it doesn't look like what you would expect a normal seal to look like. It almost looks like a double lip seal but the outer lip faces neither in or out. They're usually almost straight across. I think this is designed to primarily keep foreign material out as it rests almost on the edge of the bearing race. The inner part of the seal doesn't stick out as far but I believe that is what's designed to keep the grease in. In an application I guess it's more important to keep foreign material out because the grease will naturally want to migrate away from the center so it's a lot less likely it will try to escape.

[@ExocagedRC]

I need to put my glasses on for that!

[@Blackdoginsky]

I run mine through the wet grass then hot water in my shower to get it all off. I don't have many so I don't have a problem rinsing mine in my bathtub yet. I was considering the dbxl-e but i really want another sbr2.0

[@rodrc8158]

That is such an interesting cleaning regimen. One thing I would worry about with the Simple Green at the end is having a solid residue left on the shock stanchions, and maybe some other negative effects of having that residue over everything. But hey, it seems to working for you. Thanks for sharing. The technique I do, which I picked up from ShenRC, is water-less: #1) Air hose #2) Vigorously brush all over with a soft-bristle paint brush that's been sprayed lightly with WD40 #3) Air hose again #4) Wipe off any excess WD40 with paper-towels. Works pretty good for me so far.

[@rcilluminati26]

I used to use it on my dirtbikes and it def made the fork seals drag. Maybe not a huge deal on small RC shock shafts but good to look out for.

[@micaaelnunnm82a1]

Living in Eastern Tennessee we deal with water a lot I do the same thing that you do except for I use WD40 on my bearing it displaces water also for my diff I used blue marine Grease

[@old-rcplane-phart]

👍😁 i use simple green & only air! WD-40 after dry completely.

[@old-rcplane-phart]

Water, especially here will get inside the bearing seals & gets rid of grease/oil in the bearing balls. Then bearing replacement happens.

[@chrisryder4709]

AWWWWWH ,,,, YES ,,,!!! Air compressor is a very needed item in this hobby , I just blew up the one I had for ten years , went and got a new one the same day , and yes you can blow seals right out of a bearing I've done it accidentally , it's easy to do , and I always put wd40 on plastics and let it soak till next run , wipe it off before running , or everything sticks to it

[@ExocagedRC]

Right. I rarely do that with wd40 but maybe I should

[@GreenRob1234]

I can hose the body off. Tires too. I have a hard time hosing down the electronics and bearings though. I know they’re supposed to be waterproof, but I don’t risk it. I won’t run my rc’s in water either though. If you get to it right after a dirty run I’ve always had good luck going straight to compressed air. Still avoiding the bearings.

[@zz-tama]

It's great to be able to wash around in water.

[@joshc6080]

Simple green foaming crystal is the best for cleaning them! If you haven't used it before I highly recommend it. I use the water hose on all of my trucks except the tires, it gets inside and ruins the foams😩

[@ExocagedRC]

On these trucks I seal the tires to keep the water and sand out.

[@joshc6080]

@@ExocagedRC I seal all my tires/wheels now for my conditions😆

[@DrJeckyl]

Cleaning time is a very good inspection time.

[@James-zw6sn]

Been cleaning my modded max same way for years and never had a issue and i mudd bog with it

[@robbanks2132]

Try simple green foaming crystals industrial cleaner!!

[@diedrincoon2992]

My. Cleaning tools Water hose with nozzle to focus location( outside body and bottom of chassis only) Leaf blower WD 40 on screws, chassis bottom and body away from bearings Big brush and tooth brush, cloth rag Simple green every where

[@chadcole7360]

CorrosionX is really good. Might wanna try it. Great for everything.

[@ExocagedRC]

Doesn’t mess with anodized parts?

[@joeyortiz13]

So its ok to wet the ESCof cause not for long periods but to clean this is ok ???

[@Blackdoginsky]

Hahaha poor sam!

[@JIPPERR_1]

I swear by using a big box fan to get things dry after a run or cleaning. Set it and forget it, it gets the water off!

[@keithcerce8445]

Garden hose. Sooner the better, usually comes right off. Even my, not so waterproof vehicles, get the hose. Systems off w batteries unplugged of course. Then I place it on the dehumidifier in the basement for a couple hours. Like brand new, no but clean enough I can check for out of place and or broken things and work on em w/o getting mud all over my bench. Nitros, for 20 years, black top only, if it's running nice and rich the way I want it's most likely blowin' oil all over it's self. Messy, messy, messy. Gets really bad I will use simple green. Yuk. Love nitro..... But what a f'in mess

[@slowburn_1725]

Oh yeah, I use either purple power or Castrol super clean, spray on wait 5 minutes and rinse, no scrubbing necessary

[@birdbangbobaruni]

super clean is that flex seal

[@masacre5835]

Con agua a presión no se estropea nada?

[@johngantner9314]

if its to cold outside to run a hose and ya dont have a strong enough air compressor a shower w detachable shower head an a hair drier/ or box fan work well too

[@jimspencer9628]

Simple green helps the tyres stick up to

[@andrewrichey7374]

I clean mine in my soaking tub never take a bath in it I’d rather take a shower, but I have a huge soaking tub that’s how I wash mine, then with air blow it off, then I set it up on my little blocks and run it seems to get the water out of the bearings pretty good then I sprayed it all down good with Moo-Slick

[@slowburn_1725]

It would be priceless for moments like that if our animals could talk, I wonder what kind of lovely names our pets would call us after a hose treatment or when you scare the shit out of them...!?

[@Gmcworrior1]

Let's see your bearing colection and how u store them

[@never-stock-rc2968]

Joe I do the exact same thing!! Simple green is a dream!! I buy simple green by the gallons haha and fast Eddy loves me!! Joe do you ever do a slight coat of WD 40? It is a water displacement.... I do

[@vbspeed7571]

I hate that they say it's water proof but yet keep wholes in the rims so u can f them up. Fix it Traxxas. Axial. Losi .Tamiya. Armma...ect....wer 2 lazy 2 tape all the Damm time have a grate day 🤣🤣🤣✌🌍👋🥁🥁

[@bigballmagrawl0929]

Am I wrong for taking a bath with my clodbuster and traxxas Bigfoot lol

[@mikeb3427]

That's for a whole 'nother channel! LOL!

[@bigballmagrawl0929]

@@mikeb3427 bahahahahahahaha

[@jspeedrc]

👍🏽 👍🏽 🇫🇷

[@MrBumbles2]

Creek cleans them great, flush everything with Wd n roll on hear some grinding replace bearings.. lol hrs to clean minutes to destroy, run it do random cleaning (none) maintenance is key who cares what it looks like no beauty queens here,

[@alterdcustomrc4512]

Hahaha

[@mattneumann3390]

Unfortunately not everybody has a nice backyard and a place to clean their cars some of us live in apartments or condos and we have to use the resources we have so yes sometimes I wash mine in the bathtub but not just soak it down I also separate the tires from the car and clean those separately

[@mikeb3427]

Most apartment blocks have water spigots outside no? I would talk to the super and just have a short length of hose as part of my kit and rinse it off before I went into the building.

[@mikehagquist5198]

Lol couldn’t help your self. Big child. Lmfas cat 🐱

[@ExocagedRC]

LoL it was a light sprinkle

[@rodrc8158]

Loved you spraying the cat! A little stimulation is a good thing. He's your buddy! Gotta give your buddy or you kids for that matter a little spray now and again to keep it lively and fun. Actually that was a little to light of a sprinkle IMHO, ha ha. Thanks Joe for all you share with us. R

[@mikehagquist5198]

Wife would kill me if y used the tub

[@ExocagedRC]

LoL I’ve seen people post pics of that

[@jgarcia690]

Horrible chassis design to accumulate dirt. My Xmaxx and Maxx stay way cleaner through way deeper terrain

[@jakob9299]

Why would you upgrade an amazing car like that literally ruin the looks and gueniune look of it