Arrma V4 V5 EXB Essentials - Remove SLOP

going to get the woble out of my kraton now thx very mutch ET new subscriber u got peace

Great info

Those shims, the inner diameter is 8mm right?

Que pena no tener traduccion en este video. Me gusto mucho el video de suspensiones a camara lenta.👍

Nice video did this to all my Arrmas

Hi mate. Loctite make a bearing mount glue that will take slop out of the bearings in the hub's

I had to come back and watch again now we are free from slop 😉😛

Regardless irregardless isn't real lol great videos tho , keep it up brotha 💯💪🏾👌🏽🙌

After 5 months, what’s your final verdict on this method? Any downside? Did you experience any binding or undue friction?

It's good to get rid of slop but you need to be careful not to add a bunch of friction to the suspension. Putting those washers on the upper rod end and having to jam it into the hub carrier means that you're adding significant amounts of friction to that pivot point. Any additional friction is going to mess with the vehicle's handling. You also need to be careful about adding a bunch of preload to those small bearings. It's going to cause them to wear out a lot faster.

Nothing worse than slop in your rc ! Drives me crazy for 700 you would think that the engineers could design a slop-less ride . Had to do the same thing with diff approach. Great video keep rolling I enjoyed watching.

I need to do this to my arrma limitless

So glad I stumbled across this video. As I'm a newbie to rc cars I wasn't sure if I could do something like this cause the slop drives me nuts. I thought i had put something together wrong.? Do they have to be plastic? Or will metal work?

Great video and good information do you have a link for that plastic washer kit?

At the end of the shock, was it the 0.1 or 0.2mm metal shims that you bought? Or both?

Slop must be intentional by the manufacturers since most rc vehicles have them. Especially bashers. Maybe the high rpm of the wheels and the ability for things to move laterally creating a gyroscopic balance. I’m not sure just some food for thought.

Good Video, Is not too tight after a couple of run? Good video again

Thx for this info bud yeah some will say adding friction I mean its not ENUFF to change anything worth worrying about and i say loose is fast BUT loose isn't durable so the slop gotta go bye-bye. 💪🏼👍🏼

Nice work man! wow, my old Rustler had ALLLL KINDS OF SLOP😂🤣😂🤣 I didn't use shims though so I guess that explains it. 👍🏽

Please, Do you Have the Hot Racing number for the part in the front!

Just wondering if taking the slop out will make it break easier 🤔

The front has more play than a game of dodge ball. At least for the 1/5 Kraton., it’s everywhere…. Mostly the upper
A-arms pivot from front to back and it changes the front wheel caster angle which will affect turning bite bcs the more caster you have, the more the tire leans on its wall and does not keep a 180 degree contact patch on the ground. I thought of washers but it seems like the hole on the A-arm where the hinge pin slips through is too big and the steel pin is thinner so there’s slop 360 degrees. I’d imagine AM parts have lesser tolerance. I noticed the black aluminum steering blocks on your truck, is there anything else you did to illuminate slop at the front?

I know I’m late but thank you brother. I’ve watched this video when it first came out and those plastic washers are the truth!!!

The shims will work on typhon V3 4x4 3s?

I would have been one to say that using those washers would cause friction. But the fact that the screw that goes through the washers and the pivot ball has a nut on the opposite end with nylon, means you only need to tighten it down just enough to remove the slop. Another alternative would be to find M5 aluminum rod ends.

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Remove the shocks when doing any suspension shimming. When you are done the arm should be able to completely drop freely under its own weight. If not take out shims or file/sand material until you get the arm pivoting completely free. You can't tell by actuating the arm with the shock installed. At that point you are just guessing!
Side note you can get stainless shims in a kit that you can actually stack to get the proper thickness needed without binding things up. Kyosho and TRB make shims!
Cheers!~

I think the slop is good for a basher, if everything is snug with very tight tolerance your gonna break some stuff very quick....I believe the slop is in certain places for a reason....now on a speed car or on road car I would agree with you and fixing some of that slop is the key to going fast and straight.... I'm not to concerned tho with my bashers....👍👍

You should buy a tire balancer and balance your tires if you haven't. Otherwise, that slop will come back pretty quick. Balancing my wheels and tires made a world of difference in all-around performance and prolonged the life of the bearings and plastic suspension parts. I need one of those plastic washer boxes. You always find the cool stuff, lol.

Did all that yesterday when I was putting in new bearings. Some fresh bearings can reduce a little slop too! Great video.

Hello sir how are you I like your video cuz I'm having a lot of issues with my vehicles very sloppy do you have a link where I can get all those washers from

Can I use a metal washer in place of the shims?

I did something similar to this last night on my Fireteam but not to this extent. I just wonder if anyone noticed any real difference in driving or not? Would be nice if this improves the driving experience.

Hey brother, I'm having the hardest time removing that 2.5mm, I think arma used red threadlock (which sucks) and I dont want to strip it . . . . especially since it's deep in there like that. I will try using some heat with a blow torch too. . any advice would be appreciated .

V5 6'S VERSION 2 CARS Thank god sorted this issue , im picking up my 8s tonight hopefully there built like the version 2 v5 6s

Apply heat to any screw or nut with a lighter or heat gun will loosen with ease the problem solved you just going to strip things if you don’t do this

These videos are MAGIC! Sooooo well done - thank you - was totally looking at Traxxas then came across these videos and bought a Kraton 6S EXB - fun hobby greatly boosted by these videos - EXCELLENT

Great idea. I would sand down the plastic shims a bit.

Thanks for the info even though the video is a bit older! I recently picked up a nitro HPI after 10 years away from the hobby and god damn theres so much play in all the joints! Makes you wonder how does it even go straight! Probably all the parts fight eachother as it goes down the road 😅
I might go the distance on mine with these tips! Appreciated!

Other videos say to add shims, they show you their steering knuckle, then never show what a shim actually is or how to install them.

So thank you, you rock.

Added the washers and its still loose any other ideas

bearings can also get sloppy over time. my typhon 3s speed run build had slop and i replaced the axles and bearings, also the wheel hexs that helps

the play you had in the right rear at the end was probably the bearings and axle shaft

Use small rubber o rings. Slip them over the screws on the turnbuckle ends.

It´s basher, the hole car is SLOPPY from the arms to the wheels. I think it´s more useful ONROAD, speedruns, etc. But thanks I´ll keep these plasticwashers in mind.

Good job dude 👍👏

Slop comes initially from unbalanced tires!!!!!!