waterproofing

[brett39532]

well i have a 3906 emaxx and was wondering what are some options of waterproofing and how well will it work i want to completely submerge the truck sometimes but most of the time any ideas

[zeroskater9111]

You can put your esc in side a balloon and run the wires out the mouth of the balloon then seal the balloon by filling the mouth of it with silicone

[brett39532]

is that the only thing that has to be covereed like steering servo and the transmittor batteries etc... what is to become of all of those and wont the esc become very hot in the ballon?

[racerx]

The new E-Maxx has waterproof servos and ESC and a cool watherproof box for the reciever I have been eyeballing! The standad servos will most likely go poof unless you seal them somehow. I have seen people dip them in plasti-dip after covering the splined output with some grease or something so you can keep the dip from sealing the splines. Or you can take it apart and seal it with RTV silicone at the seems and where the wires exit the case, then a good smear of white grease around the servo output.

[goslo]

Remove the servo's circut board and spray it with corrosion block, reassemble the servo and seal the creases and screw heads with shoo-goo. Lastly wrap the servo in electrical tape.

[NEK5]

What I did was pull my 645 apart, put dielectric grease all over the circuit boards in the bottom half and around the edges of the case. I pulled the top off, put some grease on the gears, around the output, and edges. Then I screwed it back together, cleaned the grease up, then liquid electrical taped all the seams and screw holes, put grease around the output shaft, and tossed a little or ring over the shaft. Should last quite some time.