Just like an artist’s canvas, we start out with a clean slate. Ok, my Cow RC Mat has seen better days

We are starting off with a Ready to Run Traxxas Slash 4×4, Model 6808.

Up first, we are going to start dismantling the stock chassis

The rear clip is held on by 4 screws. Two on top

And two on the bottom

You have to wiggle it a bit, and you can separate the whole rear clip

Lets move up to the front. First we’ll remove the servo horn from the stock servo.

Next up we remove the stock receiver and waterproof receiver box

The servo is held to the chassis by 4 screws from the top

Remove the ESC – only two scresws hold it down

To remove the motor, you first have to remove the pinion cover

The motor is screwed to a plate, which is actually only held on by one screw. Once this screw it removed you can pivot the motor up and out

The front bumper comes off by removing only three M4 screws

Take out the two screws in the front of the chassis that go into the front shocktower as well as the two on the bottom

And you’ll be able to separate the front end from the chassis

A little bit of cleanup to do on the parts we removed so far…we need to remove the rear bumper

And the hinge pins

This plate helps keep the hinge pins aligned

And once it is removed we can pull out the hinge pins

On the front end, we’ll remove the steering rack

Pull the screws out of the steering posts

You need to keep the bearings on the stock steering posts. They can be kind of a pain to get off, but if you work them with a pair of pliers carefully applying equal pressure to both sides you can get them off

You’ll end up with the suspension on one piece, with the A arms being held only by the shocks

Here is the pile of stock parts we are going to reuse on the new chassis