How do you clean up the truck after driving in the mud
 

Take everything apart and clean?
How about the gear box and bearings?

use a hose then lube it with some oil wd40 whatever you got

You are kidding.
What about the electronics?

cover your elecs with a balloon or bag. or remove the battery plate and take them off. the motor should be ok. i use simple green to soak in the sun, then the hose to wash it off, and then the AC to get the water out. then some wd 40 for the areas that need lube and another shot of compressed air to remove the excess wd 40.

WD40 is not lube

Take out the electronics.

Spray everything with denatured alcohol or acetone.

Use an air compressor to remove all the dirt and respray with acetone as needed.

Spray WD-40 over everything and use the air compressor to blow off the excess.

This works with 1/8th scale buggies. Before you go out in the mud you can use a non stick spray to prevent mud accumulation.

i take out the elecs and tires and put in in the dish washer"thumbsup" then air hose everything off and lube it"thumbsup"

I simply would prefer not to run my rigs in the mud. I would if I was in a competition to me thats a good reason but never just for fun (unless it was your truck :lol:) but because of the nasty clean up (which I'm not found of :cry:) I avoid getting in the mud like the flew. When I have gotten muddy I wait for it to dry and remove it with brushes of different sizes and stiffnesses I also use a couple of 1/4" dowels as scrapers usually one sharpened with a pencil sharpener and the one carved into a wedge shape. Bodies and tires can be removed and washed. Anything that can be re lubed should be.

If your going through the mud on purpose, for fun your electronics SHOULD be water proof. If they are, then the good old water hose will do the job fairly good. I personally wouldn't use WD-40, it was mentioned in another thread not to long ago that it does more harm then good. For example, it attracts more dirt, it eats away at the motor parts (slowly). I would use electric motor oil to lube the motor back up and some grease for the gears and what not (tranny, axles). If your not water proof then take the electronics out or watch where you spray.

WD40 is not for the electronics, you put it everywhere else, it makes the mud very easy to get off.

if you are in the mud and your not water proof then you will toast something at some point maybe you should ask how to waterproof a rig as well.. cleaning a rig really is not rocket science... and if you are mudding it will ruin stuff wd machine oil who cares the mud is gonna kill stuff before the oil every does..

I just ran my waterproof cr01 today and it got really muddy, after running it I hose it off, then blow it off, and oil what needs oiled.

iv hosed my truck off electronicks and all and she stil lrunes like a champ...

Look at the sticky post under the electronics about waterproofing your electronics. They drive the truck on the bottom of a lake. If that doesnt ruin you electronics then some mud or a hose wont.

for the future.. if you drive your rig in the mud, try to keep it lower then the axles/hubs.. will save you lots of time and money!

If you don't want to use the WD-40 on your truck do what the fullsize guys do they spay tire shine in their wheel weels and where ever they want mud to come off easily. Later Goz

I put a light coat of RemOil/WD-40/pick your brand all over the axle housing, links, shafts, hubs, etc and have at it! Heck, spray the tires too. Afterwards, compressed air will be able to get most of it off. Squeaky clean will only happen with near complete disassembly though. Like with the real thing, water and mud/grime WILL get into every nook & cranny to include bearings, diffs, tranny, motor, shafts, etc so expect to perform a little more routine maint. A couple old toothbrushes & simple green will help make this easier. I pop my bearings out and soak them in Mobile 1 5w30 or whatever I have sitting around.

I try to keep the mud no more than mid-axle deep because anything more will have the same effect as high-centering and you won't go anywhere. That and the weight of the mud on your tires is gonna make you go through batteries like Oprah through ice cream cones at Dairy Queen. With a 45T lathe motor and 14/96 gears I get maybe 10min from a 2400mAH pack, if that. This is real Alabama clay, not the soupy water you see in most of the videos. About an inch or so is perfect for playin' in...

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real simple, makw sure your waterproof, pack EVERYTHING WITH grease. then when it gets muddy drive it underwater.

I believe that if your rig has been through the mud, especially enough mud to play in, the only way to clean it right is to take it aparet and clean it. Especially since these crawlers are so easy to take apart and put back together. MUCH easier to clean than my 5B SS. I'm like someone else mentioned above, I avoid mud at all costs unless it's absolutely necessary, but I'm OCD about keeping my rigs clean. However, When they're dirty I think pulling them apart is the way to go, because you can also inspect and oil things as they go back together.

the easiest way to get mud off your rig, is to not grive it in mud to begin with.
it's a rc crawler not a rc mud bogger"thumbsup"