Can't figure out whats wrong... please help

**Swiss** · 09-19-2009 01:54 AM

Great site everybody

Anyways, been skating for awhile now and decided to pick up one of those sector 9 Joel Tudor mini series long boards (yea yea, I know)

I've had the damn thing for 2 weeks now and getting very frustrated with this problem.

So after the first hour or so I'm riding this thing I notice my front trucks are not straight. My front left wheel is not parallel with my front right wheel. The left wheel is higher (not higher off the ground, but more towards the front of the board than the right one). So every time I push, the board veers strongly to the right. So, I loosen up the kingpin, use two levels, and straighten it. After about 5 minutes of skating it goes back to the way it was, no matter how much I tighten or loosen my trucks.

The bolt on the kingpin sticks out much further on the front truck than the back truck and they feel like they are tightened equally.

Anyone have any advice?

Is it my trucks? Is it my bushings? If it is my bushings, anyone know what kind of bushings to get? The trucks are 149mm Indys, and Doh Doh bushings are too big, you can't get both bushings on and put the kingpin on.

Thanks in advance everyone.

**snozzboarder55** · 09-19-2009 02:00 AM

the mount holes in the deck could be misaligned. if you get some pictures up itd be easier to identify the problem.

sector 9 usually stocks their boards with gullwings, which are not the greatest trucks. you could get yourself a set of trackers or indys and throw them on there, but if the mount holes are misaligned and angle your truck to the right it wont matter what truck is mounted

**Thrash** · 09-19-2009 02:02 AM

it could help to tighten your bushings where the forward axle is tightened back to compensate for it trying to inch out. aside from that, i say s9 blows.

**Swiss** · 09-19-2009 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by snozzboarder55

the mount holes in the deck could be misaligned. if you get some pictures up itd be easier to identify the problem.

sector 9 usually stocks their boards with gullwings, which are not the greatest trucks. you could get yourself a set of trackers or indys and throw them on there, but if the mount holes are misaligned and angle your truck to the right it wont matter what truck is mounted

I just measured it and it is right. I already have indy 149mm on my board. The base plate isn't crooked at all, just the hanger will not stay straight for the life of me.

**snozzboarder55** · 09-19-2009 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by Swiss

I just measured it and it is right. I already have indy 149mm on my board. The base plate isn't crooked at all, just the hanger will not stay straight for the life of me.

post pics of the truck then. it could be the bushings, the hanger could be bent/misaligned.

**dunnersboarder** · 09-19-2009 02:37 AM

ive had this problem with trucks! i noticedthat when i was using randal bushings in trackes trucks the bughings would never sit straight and and always veer one way. also at them mo i hav a bear pumkin bushing and a big tracker bushing in my randals and they wont stay straight.

**zacks.on.fire** · 09-19-2009 03:57 AM

Originally Posted by dunnersboarder

ive had this problem with trucks! i noticedthat when i was using randal bushings in trackes trucks the bughings would never sit straight and and always veer one way. also at them mo i hav a bear pumkin bushing and a big tracker bushing in my randals and they wont stay straight.

Seriously? I don't know what to say to this...

But I agree with Snozzboarder...a pic might help figure out whats wrong.