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Originally Posted by Slim
Yes, they are different. The stock orange ones feel like plastic, but the aftermarket ones are ok. Similarly, the indy brand replacement pivot cups are way better than the ones they put in the trucks stock. Go figure...
The deal with Indy is that all the stock stuff is made by Ermico and then marketed and distributed by NHS. You probably know this already.
But the aftermarket stuff is made and distributed by NHS, including the truck parts. So when you go to buy official Indy kingpins, cushions, and pivots, it's all different that the stock parts. The NHS-Indy cushions aren't even the same shape, so the include a set of cup washers b/c you're going to need them in order to fit them onto the trucks.
To further confuse things there was a time you could buy the actual stock Indy cushions, but of course they weren't marketed under the Indy name, it was under Lucky (owned by Ermico). You could get the exact orange Indy bushings. They were labelled as soft. They made harder versions in Green (Med) and Black (Hard), all with the same distinctive bottom bushing shape.
Lucky still makes bushings, but they've gone to a classic bushing shape (like Supercush), so they're compatible with more trucks out there since the Indy shaped ones are usually to big for Ventures/Thunders/Royals etc.
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Originally Posted by Astronomical
Anyone get a reading for the Bennett bushings
Slob says they're 90A. They feel harder than that to me under my feet, but it's probably due to the shape and not the durometer. They aren't going to fit in too many other trucks without some whittling down, they're huge in height and circumference. But I tried two tops and they seemed to fit in a Randal-R2 nicely.
Re: Big List of Bushing Specifications (add to it!)
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Originally Posted by Area 51
The deal with Indy is that all the stock stuff is made by Ermico and then marketed and distributed by NHS. You probably know this already.But the aftermarket stuff is made and distributed by NHS, including the truck parts.
You know, I never really thought about that but it totally makes sense. I wasn't aware that Ermico made anything out of urethane themselves so assumed they sourced the bushings somewhere - but it's clearly somewhere different or at least a very different formula than where NHS is sourcing the indy replacement bushings. Thanks.
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Is there any sort of measurment for rebound? i doubt it because i have never heard about it, but it would be interesting to be able to compare bushing rebound with some sort of scale...
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I'd like to know when those Abec 11 bushings are going to be available. I'm very impressed with the wheels, I love the fact that skate stuff is being made well and with quality and options again.
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That's a good question. I bought a set a while back but haven't even had a chance to try them yet. I'll post back again with a guess on the duro and comparrions to other bushings once I've tried them. I also have some yellow khiro "bitch" bushings to try out as well.
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