tuning your trucks for performance - my dual stange bushing set up

[daygoVR6]

Ok so im back at it again tunning the board up a bit and Id figure Id share a bit for those that have never done this - pretty simple really just takes a bit of time to find the right setting you are really looking for

Starting out im using a 40 inch round knose kick tail with very basic no name brand trucks, w/ S9 9 Ball wheels - those of you with the randall style truck you can acheive the same results but dis assembly and re assembly might go a bit different than what I show here - note the 1/4 inch flat raisers in use here


As you can see a little maintence and clean up is a good idea at this point as well as my board has been through hell in the last few weeks of skating - what I am installing are these ...truck bushings called Doh-doh by Shorty's the purpose of these bushings is to use a softer durometer for easier carving and turning - these specifically are availble in different hardnesses Blue = soft 88 durometer Yellow = medium soft 92 durometer, Red = medium hard 95 durometer, White = really hard 98 durometer, and they also offer a Black for even more firness than the white (typically best for large ramps and bowls) what I am using is a blue bushing on the top (side closest to the deck) and a yellow bushing on the bottom) to give a softer bushing that will ride on top of a firmer


The best way to do this is to remove the entire assembly from the deck itself - gives you the most access to what you are working on


start by removing the main adjustment nut on the trucks this should give you full access to the hardware you need to remove to make the swap




Once you have removed whats there basically re assemble the parts in reverse order


Note the main top washer has been flipped over to keep the bushing from cutting into the washer itself and ruining your work


Once you have it all back together re attach your trucks to your deck - note the use of a now angled riser


Basically repeat the process on the 2nd assembly - a monkey should be able to figure out how it all goes really

So the results - way softer ride with alot more carving ability - the bad - this set up was way to soft and i ended up with wheel bite - much to the pain in my left knee so watch how soft you go and play with it a bit and see what will work best for your deck - i ended up going with a set of red bushings all the way around after my first initial testing but im thinking of trying a yellow bushing on top with a stiffer red bushing on the bottom - we will see how that goes, the red bushings fell great actually with this set up - maybe I will find some knee pads before i go to crazy on the soft set up , oh and I also changed back to the flat risers from the angled ones i attempted to use

[green]

Correction, the bottom bushing is the one closest to the deck. Do not change the terms please, all it does is confuse everyone. But other then that its a good simple walk through.

[VulgarDisplayCFH]

Originally Posted by green

Correction, the bottom bushing is the one closest to the deck. Do not change the terms please, all it does is confuse everyone. But other then that its a good simple walk through.

You don't have to be an ass about it..

[daygoVR6]

ummm ya what he said ....i think i explained it simple enough

[billdee]

dodos suck!!! use khiros, bones or Bithes!!!

thanks for the tip

[daygoVR6]

eH no problems so far there are other aftermarket ones out there all a matter of preference

[guivans]

Those seem to be CORE trucks....TGMskateboards mounts them on many boards!
I bought trough theirs ebay store my 46" longboards, set up with CORE 7.0 trucks, as wide as the R180...nice trucks...
Cheers

[bucksaw87]

Originally Posted by guivans

Those seem to be CORE trucks....TGMskateboards mounts them on many boards!
I bought trough theirs ebay store my 46" longboards, set up with CORE 7.0 trucks, as wide as the R180...nice trucks...
Cheers

nope core trucks have a black baseplate and the hangar is a bit rounder around the axle

[guivans]

Yes..mine do have a black baseplate.Just thought could be an older model...even so, preety similar desugn ah?
Cheers

[andrew_cruise]

Originally Posted by billdee

dodos suck!!! use khiros, bones or Bithes!!!

thanks for the tip

acctualy the blue doh dohs are erally nice and have nice compression

[hyzershot]

In the very last picture your angled riser was shown backwards, did you install it that way? Is it possible that you didn't like the angled risers because of that?

I too agree w/ the idea of not changing terminology for this tutorial (top is still top and bottoms are between the truck and deck) besides, removing the whole truck from the board just to change a few bushings........
and please, PLEASE if you are going to make a guide for people to reference use a spell checker before you hit the submit button. Overall, thanks for your time and effort. I think this might help someone someday. Although if they couldn't figure this out for themselves I would feel real bad for them.

[Crappysurfer2]

yeah, removing a whole truck JUST for bushings is overkill