What to do with messed up trucks?

[bpz]

No, they don't. No stock trucks do. That's why guys pay lots and lots of money to put STRAIGHT 8mm axles into their slalom trucks.

[RabbitFrog]

Ok you kind of lost me there for a second. But now I understand. Well either way. I am sure stock Crails are supposed to roll straight. Mine don't.

The only way to skate is if I put the faulty hangar in the back and flip it (put Crail letters on the inside).

Do you know if that affects the ride anyhow?

[bpz]

Sure they're "supposed to", all trucks should come with straight axles. But I assure you, almost none do. Randals, Crails, Indy's, Trackers, Cores, Destructos - none do. The more expensive, ready-to-race trucks do. Like JimZ hangers, split-axle slalom trucks like Airflows, Splitfires, etc. Modified offsets usually will, too. I heard great things of the Crail quality control and expected mine to be a bit better than they are. Oh well, can't always get what you want. I wonder what the Force axles are like. This is why I'm glad I have a pair of R2 180 hangers modified by Geezer-X with straight 8mm axles installed

Think about it. Picture two wheels attached to a hanger riding on any surface. When the axle is bent within this hanger, and the contact patches of the wheels aren't perfectly parallel, you're never going to have efficient traction. The wheels will be tilted to the side and you can not ensure all of the contact patch is riding on the surface like you want it to. You lose traction in carves, slides and drifts are uncontrolled, and the ride overall is pretty crappy. It is easy to notice an immediate difference when you ride upgraded trucks for the first time.

If your wheels are sitting crooked, which they are due to the bent axles, again - I think this is why your board will turn to one side. Like I said before, just realize almost all trucks come like this, it's not your fault and is kind of expensive to fix, and ride the hell out of them

[GPymp]

..if he has the stock MOOG bushings still in the trucks..then maybe change the bushes. The stock MOOG bushes can make a train on a straight track turn another direction..... they are so hard!

[silversurfer]

..if he has the stock MOOG bushings still in the trucks..then maybe change the bushes. The stock MOOG bushes can make a train on a straight track turn another direction..... they are so hard!

Exactly!

I said change/upgrade the bushings on page 1!

What are you waiting for?

And does the board go where you point it when you are skating on it?

[RabbitFrog]

My black stock bushing are lying right here I never even used them yet. I got mine with softer MOOGs. They are yellow. Maybe I can get somethig even softer if you say it affects it. I am going to use it for carving mostly anyway.

Does the board ride straight when I push it? Well it depends. If the trucks are the way I originally put them on , then no. In fact because the board was long I was hitting my ankle when I was pushing when I forgot that it turns in one way. But when I figured it's the front truck that's more messed up I put it in the back and flipped it. After theat the board rides almost straight when I just push it. But if you look closely you can see the back truck kind of slipping out a bit because the front one is pulling straighter then it wants to go.

Honestly I haven't ridden it yet like that. But that's whay I forgot to ask this: When you flip the hangar on one truck should I flip the other one too for balance?