First, we all know the squeak you're getting from your (most likely) new longboard is extremely annoying. I'm sure most of us wondered when we first started longboarding what the noise was, where it was coming from, etc etc.
This annoying squeaky noise isn't coming from your bushings, which is what most people assume. The noise if coming from your pivot cups!
A couple of known remedies for this noise are: Soap shavings - just use your nails to scrape off a couple of strands of soap Pencil graphite/lead shavings - go sharpen a pencil or just crush the tip of a pencil, use the graphite Candle wax/snowboard wax - Dip the nub of the hangar in some hot wax, let it cool, reassemble Hand soap - Get a couple of drops into the pivot cup. Olive oil (?) - Get a couple of drops into the pivot cup. "It can get smelly" - bucksaw
You want to stay away from petroleum based products like Vaseline because it's been known to mess with urethane. Never use WD40 on anything on your board.
Tutorial:
Tools you'll need:
1. Your board/trucks (My Flexdex and RTS/X trackers)
2. A skate tool
3. Any of the above remedies (I'm going to be using bar soap)
1. Grab your skate tool and take your trucks apart.
2. Look for this little hole in the baseplate of your trucks, this is called the "pivot cup".
3. Grab your remedy (I'm using Irish Springs bar soap)
4. Use your nails or any nifty tool to get a couple of shavings, place your shavings into the pivot cup.
5. Wiggle the nub of the hangar in the pivot cup a bit. (not necessary)
6. After wiggling.
7. Reassemble your board (repeat this process to both trucks if necessary).
Say goodbye to those annoying squeakys
Feel free to post up any other ideas/remedies for squeaky pivot cups.
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Re: How To: Why is my board squeaking?!
2 things:
-i've been told that you DON'T use vegetable/canola/corn/olive oil because it'll start to smell bad after a while
-STICKY!
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This How-To is a good idea. Irish Spring is definetely the best option, it totally eliminates ANY squeeks, plus theres the added bonus of making your trucks stink to high heaven of that marvelous Irish Spring scent!
just wondering, would putting a bit of speed lube in the pivot cup maybe work?
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Last edited by ConnorH; 05-31-2008 at 12:00 AM.
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just wondering, would putting a bit of speed lube in the pivot cup maybe work?
It'd probably work, but it might eat the urethane too.
never use wd40 on your skateboard, anywhere, ever.
just thought I'd add that...
Other common sounds come from:
1—the top washer rattling against the kingpin — tighten your kingpin a bit, if you then hate how the board feels you need softer bushings.
2—compressed/too small bearing spacers. Replace them. shim/speed-rings/washers can sometimes be used. Steel is good.
3—loose hardware. check axle & deck-bolts regularly. nuts have a limited life, the nylon only survives a few times on and off before it stops working.
4—dry or dead bearings. lube/replace, really-really avoid going fast on dead bearings, they can seize and melt your wheels.
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if you're riding a KS scimitar and none of this stops an annoying woody sounding squeak the source is probably those crazy cooky wooden risers coming unfixed from the board.
All you need to do is remove your trucks fully. then take off the risers.
get yourself some wood glue or Gorilla Glue (i suggest the latter) and follow the instructions on the bottle.
only other suggestion is to use something like wooden cooking skewers to besure all the wholes are lined up before you apply the clamps.
Things to be sure of: don't use a lot of GG, a little goes a long way.
GG foams a bit as it sets so Keep an eye on it and scrape off the excess with a skewer or something
I'm serious about the skewers to make sure everything is properly aligned.
be sure to have plenty of clamps ready and apply them so that pressure is even
Don't be hasty do one riser at a time, and the whole thing should take about 2 hours
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How To: Why is my board squeaking?!
