Re: name skate accessories you could not live without...

Originally Posted by
skategeezer
1. skate key..still have my original Elephant key from 1976...
Hah! Mine's older! Had it since '74 (though the screwdriver's gotten pretty rounded off)...

Originally Posted by
nicthekid220
wat is # 1?
The original skate tool. There's better tools with more features now, but for vintage trucks they're indispensable. They had sockets for adjusting the cones and locknuts on loose bearing wheels, an open end wrench for tightening the jam nut on the kingpin down at the baseplate, and a big flathead screwdriver for the kingpin (most early trucks had a slot head bolt). Can't adjust a vintage ACS or Bennett with any of those modern tools...
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