Galac "Galacized" Bennetts

[samhell]

I've just added these to my website:
Galac Land Surfing Galacized Bennett
These are Bennett 4.3's that have had a lot of love
put into them..
These have custom painted baseplates and recessed
lettering in the hanger.
With faced hangers, the bushing seats have been
smoothed out and buffed.
The hanger body has been sanded and buffed out.
The pivot is smoothed and polished, as well as the
pivot cup which is replaced with a Khiro.
They will come with custom bushings/washers,
and steel spacers.
These are going to be Bennett's that will have a
bit smoother response and a more fluid feel to them.
They come in 7 colors and you can mix and match
the color of the baseplate with the color of the lettering
in the hanger..

[Mile_High_Mark]

Stock Bennett kingpins?

[samhell]

Yes, stock Bennett kingpins...
I didn't want to jack the tradional
construction too much.. But if people
are interested, I will help them to do
either an inverted Grade 8 or switch
to a Grade 8 in standard configuration...

[guster]

Man...if we could just combine the power of your Bennets and Griffin's Bennets we could take over the world!

OK, maybe not take over the world...world domination would require the addition of sphericals.

[pavedwave]

Yes, stock Bennett kingpins...
I didn't want to jack the tradional
construction too much.. But if people
are interested, I will help them to do
either an inverted Grade 8 or switch
to a Grade 8 in standard configuration...

Feel free to jack the traditional construction -- a few friends can attest to why...

Definitely upgrade to Grade 8.

And I'd highly recommend the original/standard pin orientation.

[samhell]

If I switch the kingpin to Grade 8's in standard configuration,
I'm faced with a challenge, becuase the stock kingpin
is pressed in and has the knurled sides to hold it in place..
The only simple option is JB weld ro something of the sort,
which would work fine, but is that acceptable?
Griffins Bennetts are a whole other animal with what he's
doing with the kingpina dn drilling out the baseplate..

[TIMORNE]

Those trucks look Hottt! What type of setup are they for.Well I don't care really I guess.
I want'm,going to order tomorrow
So now I need a deck & wheels-any recommendations?

[Cruzer]

Those trucks look Hottt! What type of setup are they for.Well I don't care really I guess.
I want'm,going to order tomorrow
So now I need a deck & wheels-any recommendations?

Galac

[samhell]

TIMORNE, thanks man! what kind of board are you after?
What discipline are you looking to get one for?
As of right now, I will be offering a Grade 8 kingpin swap.
It will be an extra $3.00 for a Grade in them...
Heavy duty Red Loctite will do it what I need for the swap..

[Cruzer]

TIMORNE, thanks man! what kind of board are you after?
What discipline are you looking to get one for?
As of right now, I will be offering a Grade 8 kingpin swap.
It will be an extra $3.00 for a Grade in them...
Heavy duty Red Loctite will do it what I need for the swap..

I use the pricision Locitite to hold the pin in my bennetts

[Petary791]

JB Weld has always worked for my Grade 8 pins in Bennetts. Good work samhell!

[TIMORNE]

TIMORNE, thanks man! what kind of board are you after?
What discipline are you looking to get one for?
As of right now, I will be offering a Grade 8 kingpin swap.
It will be an extra $3.00 for a Grade in them...
Heavy duty Red Loctite will do it what I need for the swap..

ok first,what type of board are these trucks designed for?
My quiver setups already included,pool,cruising/commuting & dh

[Adam Testa]

thats one hell of a truck

[samhell]

The whole purpose of doing these is very simple..
These will equally at home on any slalom board,
or any LDP board... They will also be great
on small commuters and minis or even old school
decks.. Anywhere a Bennett is a good match, these
will be right at home...
These are really just a Bennett that looks cool,
as well as being smoother and more responsive.
The smoothed out bushing seats is a big deal on
Bennetts, some of them are really rough and bumpy..
The sanded, polished pivot is also going to have huge
effect on how smooth they turn...
And Faced hangers are always a drastic improvement
to any truck..

[pavedwave]

... the stock kingpin
is pressed in and has the knurled sides to hold it in place..

The only simple option is JB weld ro something of the sort,
which would work fine, but is that acceptable?
.

it's the knurls that spell certain death of the stock pin...

the red loctite and JB weld both seem to work best for our heaviest pin breakers. Camel had luck with a Devcon 2-ton epoxy.

details :

pavedwave longboarding :: Bennett KP Breaks Again

pavedwave longboarding :: Bennett KP Breaks Again

[samhell]

pavedwave wrote: it's the knurls that spell certain death of the stock pin...

the red loctite and JB weld both seem to work best for our heaviest pin breakers. Camel had luck with a Devcon 2-ton epoxy.

details :

Exactly, In fact I had looked in both those threads for the loctite info..
So the Grade 8 option is set in stone now... $3.00 and you get a Grade 8,
in standard configuration of course....If you want to invert it yourself,
easily done, but I don't want to sell them that way, even though
I ride them inverted, and have no problems with them...
PS - I didn't hear back from you in our last email, I need to know what
waht color you want your GTCPLDP Deluxe?????

[LDPanda]

Ive replaced the KPs in a few Bennetts now and can say two things. Ive never broken an upgraded grade 8 (although i have broken the stock KPs) and the red loctite 262 works great. Its a semi permanent bond, which means if it ever does break, i can still get it out of there (unlike 2ton epoxy) but it still sticks securely after several hundred miles of rough riding. The only issue with with loctite is it activates in an anaerobic environment, which basically means you have to get it air-free before it bonds well. Normally, this is achieved through the threading, the space is tight enough. But with installing a new KP, the tolerances are rarely that close. Thus, you need to activate it by hitting the KP on the head several times, pounding it into place and cutting off its oxygen supply.

[sAMOa]

A little birdie has informed me that stock Bennetts come with Grade 8's! 3 years ago, that was not true.

Problem is Bennetts aren't designed to be radded to the n'th degree. In most cases where the bolts are breaking, if the trucks were not radded, the bolt would probably still be fully functional.

So the bottom line here is that for the hardcore long distance LPD'ers and slalom riders, they should consider upgrading to an after-market bolt, like titanium or something that can support what the tweeked original design cannot over extended use.

You have to admit that some 100 miler LDP'ers will hit a zillion cracks and put unusual stress on equipment outside what the truck was originally designed for.

And the Bennett development team is looking into beefing up this area in the future and are aware that designing for abuse has it's merits.

cYaSK8

p.s. i never broke a bennett bolt but i have busted bennett axles from extreme quick turns on trucks with over 100,000 miles. i know i abuse them too

[samhell]

Bottom line..........
The stock kingpin is just fine for slalom and LDP...
Upgrading to an aftermarket Grade is not absolutely needed.
If you want to go overboard, titanium is an option, albeit not cheap.
The reliable sources state that Bennett stock kingpins are
Grade 8..

[sAMOa]

so for an extra 3 bucks can you perform a GALAC no-break-voodoo on the bolts?

cYa