Traxxas X-MAXX 8s | WATCH Before Buying This Servo (( 2085R ))

Yes, do not buy this servo from Traxxas! After several calls to Traxxas, sending my parts in for repair, and still having the same issues. There is a reason why the 2085R has been on back order for months, and they do not want to admit why. For some reason, if the truck takes a small hit or bump (shock), the power is being cut off. As you’ve probably seen from other KZbin channels, this servo causes electrical issues. It was a big headache, but the X-MAXX is back up and running. We did order the Savox 2290SG Monster Servo and will be showing how to install it along with the Hot Racing Servo Adapter.
Who else has experienced this issue with the 2085R servo? This was not a hate video on Traxxas, but we had to show our frustration with this issue. I see HobbyWing in our near future.
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[@a007raptor_3]

I've always had issues with traxxas support and they're terribly rude on the phone and treat you like you're stupid in my experience. I've been doing rc for over 10 years and I can tell you it's sad to see the only brand I run be this terrible... Great videos keep up the amazing work!!!

[@redbanditracing]

Thank you for the comment, and you’re 💯 correct. I’ve had better experiences with Horizon Hobby support lately than Traxxas even though it takes a while to get through.

[@DanBrando]

I am a Traxxas fanboy and they have gone downhill in customer service in the past two three years

[@OCTEXRC]

Aw man that sucks. Sorry to hear that. I was tempted on buying that same servo but held back and got myself a perfect pass servo that was made to fit straight into the X-Maxx. It was bloody expensive, but the performance is awesome. Hopefully your problems get resolved soon brother 🙏

[@redbanditracing]

Got a Savox Monster Servo on the way, that should fix the issues. The perfect pass is great from what I hear, but pretty expensive.

[@OCTEXRC]

@redbanditracing Hell yea dude, and agreed. Very expensive, but the performance is crazy, even at just 6V. I paid $270 shipping included, and another $90 from its fees since it was from UPS. So overall, it cost me $360 😂

[@vcowboy66]

I’ve replaced my servos with Perfect Pass Monster T servo. These are the best and exact fit. No modifications or brackets needed.

[@redbanditracing]

If I only needed a servo or two I’d go with perfect pass, but we have 6 RC’s that need servos and that gets pricey haha.

[@vcowboy66]

@ not much more than the Traxxas one. $169. I think. I have on all 4 of my XMaxxs

[@-winter-7920]

I just ordered one to have for when either my XRT or MAXX goes out .... and if/when I have to replace it will order another to have on hand

[@markcolby1910]

Really enjoy your channel. I use Perfect Pass servos in my Xmaxx and XRT. They are the best servo for Xmaxx.

[@X-MAC79]

Get the perfect pass Monster servo direct fit too! 💪🙏💙

[@valiant7357]

That's what I bought.. its great so far

[@alfarebel8770]

Perfect pass so far has been working well for me. I did the one that's made for the xmaxx. It's fast and has a good amount of torque.

[@DdaysRC]

I thought so to I have had my servo since June July and it's never skipped a beat

[@Fishing-RC-Florida]

I put that servo in my XRT and so far I haven’t had any issues, I was thinking about getting an aftermarket servo, but did not find one that fit direct, without an adapter. I also do agree with customer service being hit or miss, I’ve had them give me free esc replacements, no problem, and other times they have made me pay the 50%.

[@redbanditracing]

I’ll be putting up a video on the SAVOX install, and if it fits the XRT the same way I’ll be sure to mention it.

[@vcowboy66]

@@Fishing-RC-Florida Perfect Pass Monster T servo. Exact fit. No modifications needed.

[@littlezeb777]

I just run the stock servo. I did have the original fail once. Got a replacement cheap off Jennys. No issues since. At least for people on a budget.

[@jmacsgarage]

Dang I just put one in. I haven’t had any issues yet. I like it so far but I haven’t had issues. Hopefully I won’t.

[@redbanditracing]

I’ve been hearing lately other have had their servos cutting out. Hopefully your is fine

[@jmacsgarage]

@ I’ll let you know if it does.

[@jmacsgarage]

@@redbanditracing well it broke hahah

[@M14armorer]

Key Fulcrum 75kg XMaxx servo is the only way to go, I’ve had mine since they came out about 1.5yr ago & it’s been flawless…. Fast, super strong & NO adapter needed

[@giostealthr1]

Thank you for the update

[@jguillermoii]

Thanks for the info

[@michielpoortvliet3003]

Good to know, im saving up for the perfect pass servo. Love steering autority. Currently there out of stock.

[@redbanditracing]

Savox makes a great servo, perfect pass is too expensive for a servo.

[@michielpoortvliet3003]

Does it require the adapter or does it fit ​@@redbanditracing

[@mikestrawberry69]

I was told you set up binding receiver power first then remote set bind and it worked for me

[@redbanditracing]

I believe there a lot more issues with Traxxas electronics than we know.

[@SpeedFREAKS_1]

Definitely go with SAVOX or Perfect Pass!

[@DavidChartz-ye9bx]

Bought 2 of these last week. Both of them are going back

[@jimpaulbarcena4259]

Good info!!! Thanks

[@AVERAGEJOERC]

I just put a 1/10 size servo in mine.. 38 bucks from gxservo hobby.. its called ak70. And its flawless.. it even comes with spare gears if u ever need to replace them

[@redbanditracing]

That’s cheap, I’ll check that out thank you.

[@DKAKYLE2000]

Savox servo was my favorite option for my bashers

[@jared1401]

I've never had good luck with the traxxas electronics and I've dealt with the traxxas support and it is terrible. Me personally I just ditch all the traxxas electronics whenever I get a traxxas vehicle. I would just get the Perfect Pass Monster servo for the XMaxx. Its $170 but go watch his video on it on here. His channel name is Raz Shifrin. Hopefully I spelled his name right. Im going to be getting that servo for mine when I get it. I'm going to be getting my XMaxx next month.

[@jontoad]

That sucks. I have had 2 of these since they were first available and they have been great so far. Probably because both trucks have Hobbywing max G2 combos in them instead of the traxxas ESC and motors (Max6 combo in my Xmaxx, Max10 combo in my Maxx). I'll definitely keep an eye out for any of these issues on those trucks when they roll over. I have had Traxxas TQI receivers go bad on a 2 cars lately (a Trx4 and the Maxx). So I feel like the receivers can crap out at any time, but they are cheap and i like having them all on one remote so i just throw another one in. my other cars have Perfect Pass Monster servos and these 2085r's have been performing pretty much the exact same as those. I'll probably put Perfect Pass Monster T's in if these 2085s start having issues. hope they don't.

[@redbanditracing]

If you’re running a HobbyWing, that’s why you don’t have those issues. That servo doesn’t play well with their own electronics. Sucks cause I’m sure it’s a good servo.

[@luthercoleman7221]

You need to set your neutral position to stop the green light from flashing 👍

[@redbanditracing]

It was already calibrated, the X-MAXX system needs to see a response from the receiver to go steady green. Only the X-MAXX I’ve seen have that kinda delay when starting.

[@KingSlingRC]

I'm still new, but it sounds like Traxxas has a lot of electrical issues. And they tossed your servo away that you bought elsewhere??? Thats BS man hope it all gets fixed up

[@shawndoucet4751]

it dosent seem like u recalibrated the esc to ur receiver maybe its off by a little hence why it only works after u give it throttle after the firts start up ? the nutral foward reverse calibration hope u get the issues resolved!

[@redbanditracing]

It’s a characteristic of the VXL 8s ESC, they all have that delay apparently.

[@brucebaker0316]

Go with perfect pass 🤟🤭

[@gamedogrc]

Great Video Bro, SMH Shame on Traxxas for scrapping your servo you paid for. You def need a refund. Like Always Keep Bashing. do you think it could be heat from your motor affecting your wire seeing you tape it to the bottom of your heat sink?

[@redbanditracing]

No, that tape is like heat transfer tape for the temp sensor. It’s either the ESC not supplying enough voltage, or the servo is shorting out the receiver. Either way Traxxas doesn’t even know considering that servo has been out of stock for awhile. Got new servo, going in soon!

[@gamedogrc]

@redbanditracing oh ok. Cant wait to see the next set of results. lve been dissapointed in traxxas a little myself lately.

[@jmb82689]

I just bought mine last week from Amazon and had the same issue would run for 2 min I would turn left and it would completely turn off I’d turn it back on and good for another 2 min eventually it just bricked my esc wound t turn back on till I unplugged esc removed fuse and turned back on with original servo Traxxas needs to step it up I’m torn between sending it back to Traxxas which is out of stock or back to Amazon and probably end up with the same issue maybe go with the x instead of r!

[@redbanditracing]

Send it back to Amazon, Traxxas informed me it goes back to them anyways so they recycle them. You’ll be waiting for months! New servo install this weekend, video will be up Wednesday.

[@jmb82689]

Yeah I called them and got an rma open but when I asked if they had it ready to ship out they said no it’s been out of stock for a while so Amazon here I come and perfect pass is on its way good luck man new subscriber here long time rc fan! Love your content keep it up

[@jakob9299]

They don’t care if your not happy they want ur money and you bought there car lmao

[@floydblue1783]

I see the flashing green and no throttle on the New Sledge too 🤔 also at times on the Maxx v2. Both of these ESCs required unplugging to shut off, which is normal. Wondering if they are related 🙂

[@redbanditracing]

They all require unplugging to shut off to avoid discharging the battery in case you forget it’s plugged in. Starting to not like Traxxas ESC’S

[@stogie0608]

Sup my guy. I am back, I’m not here to trash talk or say “TOLD YOU SO”. Traxxas won’t give you a refund, I would ask them for store credit if I was you. It’s a win win since you can get a refund from Amazon too I hope. I get your frustration. My truck was pulled apart for 2 months as I waited for new servos every time they burned out. Let me tell you about my issue and what happened. I posted a part 2 video of the resolution. My ESC would flash green like yours spontaneously although I never thought much about that since the blinking would go away, then come back and go away… Traxxas replaced my ESC, I am not sure if they replaced my receiver too because it’s something that remained clean so I couldn’t tell if it was swapped. They also replaced my servo.. they had my truck so they worked on it themselves and returned it serviced. ESC does not blink anymore. So far my truck has not broken, I am on day 3 of using it. I am waiting for it to break with mild abuse but it hasn’t. I believe there must have been an issue with a certain batch of ESCs where it over volts the servos .. that’s all I can think of. Sorry it happened to you too. You’re lucky you got it from Amazon because they have very lenient refund policies.. traxxas won’t refund hence why I kept replacing them, I bought directly from them so I had to keep sending it back.. $150 is alot for me. Best of luck on your search for a servo man. You should check out the perfect pass Xmaxx servo. They sell out quick but restock often, just set a reminder on their site. They recently ran out. Also… to stop the play on your motor fan, scoot it back. The motor has screws on the back that align with the heat sink and kind of “locks it in”. www.perfectpassrc.com/products/perfect-pass-monster-t-servo-for-1-6-cars-insane-speed-power-accuracy

[@redbanditracing]

I won’t say too much about the first callback to Traxxas but it did NOT go well. Ended up I said sending the servo back to Amazon. Ordered a new servo from Local hobby shop, SAVOX Monster Torque. I will be replacing the ESC with a HobbyWing as well. After this last interaction, I’m seeing HobbyWing all around 😉

[@stogie0608]

@@redbanditracing same here, I always hear the name Hobbywing. If anything else breaks.. I will check them out. Best of luck man.. and scoot that motor heat sink back.. it stops the play haha. Peace.

[@DdaysRC]

I have a hobbywing max6 on 7.4 volts

[@mikee2398]

You got to pull the trigger to finish the radio pairing on first power up. My arrma does the same thing

[@redbanditracing]

That’s not the issue, it was done correctly. There were issues with the receiver and ESC.

[@jacobcervantes9513]

If the esc detects any kind of throttle or brake from the transmitter it will flash green. Normally I would a apply a small amount of throttle or brake normally fixes it. If not then I just re-calibrate my esc. I think its because when dust gets in the controller it starts messing with the neutral position. Its very sensitive. Its weird but once I figured out why it flashed I just kept running it as so. As far as loss of power, I have no idea! Very strange and disappointing.

[@redbanditracing]

I’ve noticed only on the X-MAXX you need to give it throttle so the ESC sees input from receiver to work. Weird

[@L2theWcarscoffeelife]

If you can get the Raz Shifrin Perfect pass servo for the Xmaxx I would highly recommend it I have a vid with it and it works great and the nice thing with the lower bec on a Traxxxas esc it still has a ton of torque and speed. The customer service sucks mail in parts at your cost to be checked. My maxx slash was all over and they were clueless. A viewer pointed out the light on the receiver was red meaning tqi was off how did they not know that. They told me it was a high skill model, and I should use 4s!!! I replaced that weak servo and servo saver and wow it drives great no more wondering or uncommanded turns making it flip.

[@DdaysRC]

Just watched the video the problem isn't the receiver or the servo. It's the esc there isn't enough power for it to run the servo

[@stogie0608]

My Xmaxx ESC would burn out the servos. They replaced it and so far I have not had any issues. I first thought it was the servo itself but now I believe the ESC is a problem too.

[@redbanditracing]

Someone should tell Traxxas cause they can’t figure it out and it’s there electronics.

[@redbanditracing]

That would also make sense, but that would also be pretty funny considering Traxxas hasn’t fixed the issue.

[@stogie0608]

@@redbanditracing yeah, I’m sure their getting returns at a high rate, they’ll find out the hard way. Wish they listened to us customers.

[@johnm9279]

Have you thought about the 2085X servo from Traxxas. That is the one I have in my XMaxx and it works really good with no issues.

[@redbanditracing]

I have, the only issue is for the cost of the 2085X you can get something with twice the torque. We’re going to start venturing away from Traxxas Electronics.

[@jguillermoii]

1. It appears the servo draws excessive power, causing the esc to trip. Only way to find out if you install a non-Traxxas servo. 2. Traxxas servo is designed to draw more power and the esc's internal BEC is insufficient. Nothing wrong with servo and esc. Noth not compatible; servo designed to operate at higher voltage, while the ESC's internal BEC may only output 6V or less. Keep us on the loop.

[@redbanditracing]

Also heard the servo could be drawing too little voltage because of the ESC causing an issue. Guess we will see what a non Traxxas servo does. Definitely keep everyone updated

[@mhods4457]

Why don't you just connect that servo to another one of your Traxxas cars' receiver/ESC and see if it still has problems. All Traxxas servos are 6 volts anyways so any 4-8s ESC should work. The 3S probably won't have enough amps. Obviously you can't install it but I mean just a bench install. Also, that shorted temp wire could have fried something else. One time I had a shorted fan wire that smoked and prevented the ESC front even turning on until I noticed the short and fixed it. And another time some lighting kit wires got stuck in the pinion/spur (very unlucky) and it fried my receiver and servo but my ESC was fine. Electronics can break in weird ways...

[@redbanditracing]

Funny you say that, I had the fan wire in the MAXX do the same thing. I think we’re gonna start going to HobbyWing, which will also let us increase the BEC for other servos.

[@mhods4457]

​@@redbanditracing I'll be honest dude. I really like Traxxas' stuff and I thought "their electronics were fine" for quite a long time. And truth be told, they are fine. But... Once I tried one of the new Hobbywing G2 sensored motor/esc combos... Traxxas electronics seem like kind of a joke. I ended up buying 2 more of the new G2 systems. So now I have a Max 5, a Max 6 and a Max 8. You will not want to use Traxxas electronics after using a sensored Hobbywing system. I mean the stock Team Corally electronics are amazing, basically just rebranded Hobbywing stuff.

[@yankeerc2521]

I may have misheard you but channel 1 and 2 are for your servos if you have anything else plugged in there u will have issues

[@redbanditracing]

There are two CH1, both can be for your servo. CH2 is for your ESC/Speed Control.

[@andrewfrench4850]

Traxxas support is horrible stop using there crap servos same thing happened to me with my Maxx and that servo Everytime I flipped over just like your x Maxx delayed response then it would burn out receiver steering channel after it happens a few times then you have to replace receiver and servo and no more problems since I stopped using that servo there something that shorts the receiver out which causes poor voltage of around 3volts output after get a reefs servo never have problems with them

[@davesadowski568]

Stop messing around with Traxxas electronics. Spend the cabbage and get yourself a Perfect Pass direct fit servo. Best servo you can get.

[@calebthomas5411]

messing with wiring and stuff is what keeping me away from getting a RC LOL

[@redbanditracing]

It’s not too bad, you can always message us with questions.

[@smitheshn6637]

You should have gone for an Aftermarket Servo and adapter the first time itself.......

[@redbanditracing]

Always gotta give the manufacturer the benefit before trying aftermarket.

[@smitheshn6637]

@@redbanditracing Good luck

[@smitheshn6637]

@@redbanditracing Traxxas electronics are actually not that good.....

[@TheRCBuildersPost]

Agfrc servos. Traxxas makes some great RC but their electronics are trash.

[@KILLIERrc]

I know u guys dont use aftermarket parts a lot, id go with Hobbywing and avoid Traxxas and there terrible support

[@dustingravley4424]

Zero out the steering and the tsm then calibrate it

[@redbanditracing]

That doesn’t fix a bad servo, the servo took out the receiver and or the ESC. And unfortunately Traxxas was no help

[@cryptocryptic1186]

its your esc 100%bad esc is going to burn out your receiver, bad receiver is going to burn out your servo but traxxas servo is garbage and is going to burn out anyways

[@redbanditracing]

I have seen that happen, in this case the Servo was cutting out the power. Went ahead and installed stock servo, did some bashing and no issues. I’m guessing this is why those servos have been out of stock for months.

[@stogie0608]

I believe this comment to be accurate based on my recent experience.

[@smitheshn6637]

Not everything is rosy.........

[@bfam8056]

I cant stand traxxas electronics replace the esc with a hobbywing man its way better

[@c05sporty]

No one should ever buy ANY traxxas electronics besides maybe their light kits. They’re garbage.

[@redbanditracing]

Haven’t had issues like this before, starting to agree.

[@stogie0608]

@@redbanditracing let’s not jump that bandwagon haha, this was a first for me too. I still think their products are top tier. One issue like this makes me more weary to research before pulling the gun on something expensive.

[@RBRC1]

@@redbanditracing Possibly a bad run on that model??? It happens....

[@redbanditracing]

Definitely not jumping, nobody makes models like Traxxas. Arrma is catching up on durability. But they gotta offer more for stock performance on the electronics.

[@redbanditracing]

Idk, that’s a lot of bad 2085R servos out there. And the fast it’s been out of stock this long… Amd the way they hide the issue over the phone is also alarming. They rather you send in everything every time without actually addressing the issue. FYI Amain Hobbies knows what’s going on

[@DelightfulDirtBike-fd9xo]

Stock electronics are weak.

[@kellieredmond4400]

I'm starting to go away from traxxas not my first pick any more

[@paull6374]

Sorry this is happening really wanted to buy a xmaxx. This guy found they changed his esc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q56wcoaPebtoeNEfeature=shared

[@redbanditracing]

They never changed mine, they said it was all ok. Which it’s not, kept stalling over and over.

[@TheToecutter69]

Just get a perfect pass xmaxx servo and be done with it! 🤘🏼🤘🏼