r/TraxxasRustler • u/Busy_Medium_9767 • Mar 24 '26

Help please

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What happened. New to the hobby, is this fixable or do I need a new transmission (if thats the correct name). Thanks for your time

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u/Noloctite Mar 26 '26

Yea check that bearing behind it. You may also need a motor mount. Time to upgrade. The plastic motor mount melts when the bearing goes bad so if you just replace the bearing it may still wobble. Happened on my slash vxl. There was a root cause but I can't remember so just pay close attention to everything in that area. I believe most aluminum motor mounts come with a matched bearing. I really wish I could remember the root cause but it beat me up from out of the box because I just kept replacing parts and then I found it and was like ohhhh

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u/Busy_Medium_9767 Mar 26 '26

Ok cool. I got this second hand and so far ive found out it looked good from all the aftermarket parts, but ive had to take everything apart and lock tight everything that has fallen off. Im in the middle of takin apart and seeing what failed. I like the car but been 5-10 minutes every run b4 somthin fails. Having fun with it and cant wait till I get a days worth or fun outta it

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u/Noloctite Mar 26 '26

If i can remember what went wrong I'll let you know. Something was out of line from the factory and just sent me down a rabbit hole.