RC Tips

When you paint your next body, you may want to try something new. You don’t want to start spraying a new body without first practicing a little. Cut sections of clear plastic 2-litre bottles and use them to experiment with …

When you clean your tires, avoid letting water get into your wheels and the foam inserts, or it may throw off the wheel’s balance and possibly damage the insert. Stick tape over the vent hole in the wheel before you …

Here’s an easy way to get bearings out of recessed or one-sided places such as certain transmissions. Use an air compressor and its blower nozzle attachment; put the tip of the nozzle into the center of the bearing, and give …

Sometimes, there’s simply too much to remember when you’re setting up your RC vehicle—suspension settings, ESC settings, motor settings and more. Make copies of the setup information and procedures for every car or truck, and place it in a plastic …

When you replace a worn piston and sleeve, removing the sleeve can be the toughest part of the job. Use a large zip-tie to help pry it loose. With the piston at the bottom of its stroke, insert the flat …

Maybe it’s time to freshen your breath and organize your loose hardware. Eclipse gum comes in handy little cups with lids. This “free” multi-use container can hold all those extra screws, nuts and bolts or can be filled with your …

If you have some dead servos try this: cut off the lead, leaving 1 inch or so of wire. Cut the center (red) wire close to the plug, and spice the two outside wires together. Make a couple of them …

The Micro-T’s body clips are nearly impossible to grip when you need to remove them. They are even too small to use the traditional cable tie as a way to grab them. Instead, use a short length of twine attached …

Many RC boats have a hole in the hatch for the antenna. This hole is a prime spot for water to enter the hull. A Traxxas driveshaft dust boot from rebuild kit no. 5129 is ideal to seal the antenna …

Inexpensive drug-store eye-dropper bottles are perfect for the application of after-run oil. The dropper will allow you to know just how much oil you applied, and there won’t be any oily mess. Tip by J. David

The wire from your EZ Start-equipped engine is at risk of being damaged during a roll-over. Protect it with a section of shrink tubing in the area that’s most exposed. Tip by Flyboy 107

Save the pieces of all those snapped antenna tubes to create new ones by splicing two sections together. Use an X-Acto knife to cut identical notches in one end of each tube section, as shown. Secure the spliced area by …

Traxxas EZ connectors fit snugly for great conductivity, but disconnecting them isn’t easy. Put a little petroleum jelly on the tabs to allow the plugs to come apart more easily without compromising the connection. Tip by Blake Terra

Baja 5B tires are among the most difficult to stretch over their rims. Use a technique similar to that used to mount full-size tires, but instead of a machine, you’ll use the flat handle of a spoon. Insert the handle …

When you solder bullet connectors, you can put shrinktubing over the joint when the solder has cooled. If the size of tubing that’s closest to what you need is a very snug fit even before shrinking, try this: most shrink-tubing …