The RC Genius | How To Replace A Steering Servo

Out of all the How-To videos I have made, I haven't made a servo replacement one! So here it is!! Hope it helps you out! Please like and subscribe :)

[@PeterGreenProductions]

WONDERFUL video - Thank you❗

[@esdtattz]

I’d love to see a video on what’s inside a servo… some are really expensive and if I can repair instead of replace I’d love to know!!

[@Mekyel08]

This really help me man thank you

[@karentaylor5474]

i am waitting for this video for a long time ,lol

[@seekj4078]

Great video 👍

[@TheRCGenius]

Thank you!

[@jdpasl]

Good video 👍

[@TheRCGenius]

jdpasl thanks! I appreciate it!!

[@Mike-uh2gw]

The gears are easy to replace if you pay attention to how they came out. You need moly grease to reassemble too. The gears cost about 5 bucks and the servo costs 40. If the motor is still making noise, get the gears... You must pay attention to hooking up the linkage. The arm hooked to the servo must be 1 notch to the right, not straight up. If you don't do this, you will strip more gears. Watch a few vids to see what I am talking about before doing the job.

[@5thSCALERCINSANITY]

Kool video bro

[@TheRCGenius]

5th SCALE RC INSANITY thanks man!

[@isaaclyonsf1]

Good video idea! I'm posting a slow motion video today of my Traxxas rally VXL in the snow!

[@TheRCGenius]

Isaac Lyons thanks! I will go check it out now!

[@isaaclyonsf1]

The RC Genius, awesome!

[@johnramirez5996]

Traxxas has nice upgrade for them

[@nkastis8211]

What size pinion and spur gear do you use? I have a titan setup that I don't want to go to waste but I'm trying it on my lcg slash and I tryed a bunch of different sized figured I'd ask what your using im not familiar with the xl5 and titan motor setup I just put brushless Velenion motors right away also did it this way because local hobby shop at the time didn't have the VXL in stock... Thank you!

[@TheRCGenius]

I’m running a 90t 48p spur gear, accompanied by a 12t pinion. The part number for the spur gear is 4690. I don’t have the pinion number handy, but any pinion with the same pitch and tooth size of choice will work 👍

[@gonzodetroitify]

Wicked video man, awesome advise, but what is it if the wheels turn slow when truck standing still, maybe fully one way but when driving around they turn, and when truck is off the ground they turn fully both ways, what do you reckon, many thanks

[@TheRCGenius]

Thank you! Do you have different tires on your truck? Larger tires could make more weight and cause the servo to turn slower.

[@gonzodetroitify]

@@TheRCGenius I'm assuming there standard by the looks of the videos unboxing, I've checked the servo teeth on arm and unit, apart from going in leaning towards buying stronger 20kg or something and see what happens,

[@mattjones3696]

From what I've learned (same issue) the tires have so much traction, the servo can't turn the tire all the way unless its rolling. I know this comment is 2 years old, but still 🤷‍♂️

[@jcrcoutdoorstech4137]

👍

[@GoatBastard]

Nice job man 👍👍👍

[@SshiggyY]

I would love to see whats inside.

[@chriseller757]

Ok rc genius, do you know where to get the actual electronic motors for a steering servo.

[@benforsman4424]

Great vid. So how do you know when it's the steering servo or just a bad servo saver?

[@TheRCGenius]

Ben Forsman thank you! When there is an issue, you can simply disconnect the servo saver and diagnose the issue.

[@fortnitew3rd0xx61]

My servo was bad and i had extra gears and i went inside replacaed them but dont know hos to put servo back in

[@sniffles117]

Is running brushed just your preference?

[@TheRCGenius]

Yes, I find that brushed systems are powerful enough! Thanks for watching!

[@jcrcoutdoorstech4137]

sniffles117 hi

[@l4ncer2005]

My cervo broke 😞😞😞 the white thing for crashing with a big rock

[@nickwilliams6869]

I dont know if i can my servo lays down

[@jonahmichlig1121]

The new plastic gears on traxxes for 4 dollars I would just replace the gear

[@pcrashford5367]

Can someone tell me a list of parts that are compatible on all nitros I.E. are all servos compatible, are all drive shafts compatible?

[@TheRCGenius]

Usually servos are the same size, unless the vehicle is a different scale. The best way to find compatible parts for your RC is to find a parts finder on an RC website. You could also look up the parts diagram for your vehicle, those usually give you the optional parts as well. Hopefully you found this helps.

[@pcrashford5367]

The RC Genius thank you

[@jcrcoutdoorstech4137]

Nice video can you do RC collection please

[@TheRCGenius]

Extreme RC I was thinking of doing an updated collection video! I will do that! I have an older one already that is further back on the channel.

[@fischerrice]

So I put the servo in and it completely doesn't work the connections are good but the servo when we turned on the car turned to the right and we turned it off and turned it to the left and it stayed in that position when we turned it back on and now it doesn't move it has brand new gears and we did every step we did as another youtuber showed us how to put it together

[@fischerrice]

If you are wondering we have the traxxas rustler

[@TheRCGenius]

Is the servo in the right channel? It should be plugged into channel 1 on the receiver, but there are two Channel 1s. Make sure that you are plugged into the Channel 1 that is closest to Channel 2. If there was a short or other electrical issue, it is possible that the servo is fried. Is this servo new? Or have you only replaced the gears?

[@alexstromberg5865]

Stripped 3 of the 2075 servos in 2 months so defs not worth switching to anything plastic

[@TheRCGenius]

Amazon sells a great servo for $16. Aluminum case and all metal gears. I currently have 4 of them in use.

[@helmetsandsunscreen]

Intro music should not be so loud!!!

[@helmetsandsunscreen]

Are you deaf?

[@JamesPeeBIRD3rd]

Mighty lot of mights mid vid

[@jonahmichlig1121]

It took me only 3 minutes I feel that your just wasting money