Indy DH plate

**streetheap** · 08-05-2009 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by CarlTheSmokingCrab

WHOA WHOA STOP. pics. tutorial. PLEASE.

Sup H?
I'll get some pics on here tomorrow with the Mercado board. Just rolled into town. I need to find and probably charge a camera.
Let's see...
smokey KP spherical
1" diam. drill bit
JB weld
Haven't ridden them yet. They've been curing for a couple of days while I was gone. I'm interested to see how they hold up.

I suppose I have a couple of ways to test them out "under normal riding conditions".

**Hanael** · 08-06-2009 02:15 AM

Originally Posted by streetheap

Sup H?
I'll get some pics on here tomorrow with the Mercado board. Just rolled into town. I need to find and probably charge a camera.
Let's see...
smokey KP spherical
1" diam. drill bit
JB weld
Haven't ridden them yet. They've been curing for a couple of days while I was gone. I'm interested to see how they hold up.

I suppose I have a couple of ways to test them out "under normal riding conditions".

what bushings?
eliminators?

i kinda don't like running barrels on spherical trucks..

**green** · 08-06-2009 03:10 AM

Originally Posted by flannelman

Andrew, how did you not get bite.

If you have ever stepped on one of his boards, you would know it gets heavy bite, but he makes a good point, by the time he ever gets close to wheelbite hes sliding.

**streetheap** · 08-06-2009 10:36 PM

Originally Posted by Hanael

what bushings?
eliminators?

i kinda don't like running barrels on spherical trucks..

Elims/Rads.
I'm getting killer response, but due to the tall profile of the spherical, I'm essentially sans bushing seats, which wouldn't do much good in the case of the Rads anyway. Lots of lean/slow rebound. I'm gonna cut some deeper drains (like Zak's tutorial on fixing rattling Smokies) in the bushings and see if it helps.
While on the subject, does anyone know of a smaller OD and/or lower profile spherical than the one that comes in a Smokey hanger? I believe the Smokey KP spherical is 1" OD by about 3/8" tall on the races, but don't quote me. I haven't really shopped around.
I did take some pics, but unfortunately my comp is not recognizing my camera right now. Try again in the morning.

That Mercado board is dope....

**Hanael** · 08-06-2009 11:08 PM

as i thought.

hm.
imma grab more sphericals, and mod another set of indys.
dremeling bushings kinda dangerous..i don't want to inhale the dust. Oh, venoms might crack if they're trimmed.

**swisschez** · 08-06-2009 11:09 PM

i wanna see some pics of these beauties setup already.

**doc brown** · 08-06-2009 11:31 PM

is this actually happening... i definitely want to see pics

**streetheap** · 08-07-2009 11:40 AM

Here's my mad attempt....

The spherical is nice and locked in, but as I said, the profile is a little tall, which leads to no bushing seats.

Damn I thought I had a close-up with the elims on there.

Oh well. Anyway, the bushings just kind of rest on the sphericals. It works, but I weigh 220 and could use the support of the seats as well. With the bushings really squished down it still works pretty well and makes for a progressive lean, consistent turn. I'm gonna keep messing around until I get it right. The sphericals are really not necessary with these trucks, IMO, just something to tinker with.

The Mercado board set up.

I love this thing. I wanna say the WB is about 29" but I haven't measured it. Flying down the hill with the Indys/Cindrich plates, I feel like I'm really skating. Like 1987 all over again.

I have my wedges and risers setup ( I think) like Mercado, 1/2" flat rear, 1/2" wedged front.
So sick.
The wheels are 70mm 80a Gators, BTW. No chance of bite.
I'll try to find my close-up of the truck ASAP

**streetheap** · 08-07-2009 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Hanael

as i thought.

hm.
imma grab more sphericals, and mod another set of indys.
dremeling bushings kinda dangerous..i don't want to inhale the dust. Oh, venoms might crack if they're trimmed.

What spherical are you using? Elims will crack? hm. Elims are really sweet in Indys, even without the sphericals in there. Elims and Bones Hardcores seem to minimize slop the best, IME.

oops pics

**dozerdoggie** · 08-07-2009 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by streetheap

What spherical are you using? Elims will crack? hm. Elims are really sweet in Indys, even without the sphericals in there. Elims and Bones Hardcores seem to minimize slop the best, IME.

oops pics

I got an idea

**FlyingDutchman** · 08-07-2009 12:38 PM

Is top of the spherical high enough to be even with or above the outer edge of the bushing seat, or does it sit a bit lower? If it is significantly shorter, perhaps you could affix a washer to the base of the bushing seat as a spacer, as an alternative to cutting out part of the center section of the bushings, while still having that bushing seat edge to keep it all inside

I could probably describe it better with a picture, but I'm lazy, so does that make any sense?

Actually, now that I look at your picture with the green elims, it seems like they are already sitting high enough that the outer edge of the bushing seat isn't doing much.

**Hanael** · 08-07-2009 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by streetheap

What spherical are you using? Elims will crack? hm. Elims are really sweet in Indys, even without the sphericals in there. Elims and Bones Hardcores seem to minimize slop the best, IME.

oops pics

no, i meant the barrels. i don't have any elims..might gonna get some later on though.
i need to get another set of indy hangers first

i like the feel of indys on my fullbag topmount.

**Petary791** · 08-07-2009 03:45 PM

Dang green eliminators all around sounds intense. I've had bad luck with stepped bushings, but maybe I'll try them one day.

**Shift** · 08-07-2009 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Petary791

Dang green eliminators all around sounds intense. I've had bad luck with stepped bushings, but maybe I'll try them one day.

They're sick in Indy style trucks. I have green Elim bottoms and Yellow Elim tops in my Hybrid 66s.

**Petary791** · 08-07-2009 04:04 PM

I'm doing the whole hard cone on top and letting the barrel do all the work on bottom thing now and it's great, but maybe I should get some eliminators. What change do you feel? And for 160# what do you suggest? I'm currently running a red barrel front and green barrel back. Maybe orange and yellow?

**speshlspeclsteak** · 08-07-2009 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by dozerdoggie

I got an idea

what?
10 what is its

**dozerdoggie** · 08-07-2009 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by speshlspeclsteak

what?
10 what is its

I jused put some wedging on these and now there turney as all get out me and Bev just went for a ride and it made them alot more turney

**snozzboarder55** · 08-07-2009 07:35 PM

hell ya! wedging indys is nutsos! great lean with unbelievable turn. so much fun

**Petary791** · 08-07-2009 07:48 PM

I'm thinking about wedging my front just a few degrees because I find it hard to throw into standers on my Voodoo when speedboarding.

**snozzboarder55** · 08-07-2009 07:55 PM

Originally Posted by Petary791

I'm thinking about wedging my front just a few degrees because I find it hard to throw into standers on my Voodoo when speedboarding.

i say dewedge it, it will give you more lean which translates to pushing the deck sideways. wedging will increase the amount of turn the trucks are capable of, so it will grip easier.