cutting down shortboard trucks

[7ender]

So today i tried cutting down some old grind kings i had, and i couldnt get the axles to come out. Then i noticed that on both trucks, the axles bent slightly upward. Im not sure if i bent them by hammering or not, but it seems like they were always like that. Is this normal? I havent noticed it on any of my other trucks (randals, orginals etc) but then again i havent looked that closely. If it is supposed to be like this, what is the purpose of it? Theres no way to get them out of the trucks now....

[doctor worm]

just curious, do you have grindking axl? they have a wierd v shaped axel so it takes longer to grind down to the axel. if so, they cant be hammered out.

[7ender]

i have no idea if they are axl's, i bought them a longgggg time ago when i used to shortboard. THe axle does seem to be v shaped, and i cant get it out. This sucks..why would they put a bent axle in to start with lol.

[Longbord1]

well it just said so that you won't grind down to axel as fast when skating. does it say grindking on the baseplate?

[7ender]

umm...well they are grind kings so naturally they say grind king on the baseplate...

[doctor worm]

i have no idea if they are axl's, i bought them a longgggg time ago when i used to shortboard. THe axle does seem to be v shaped, and i cant get it out. This sucks..why would they put a bent axle in to start with lol.

if they are AXL's it would say something of that nature on the baseplate, and they would have cost you a fortune.

[7ender]

well then i guess there not. heres a pic (not thats not a real bahne, its a bootleg i made : ) )