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bobbyb13:

--- Quote from: jennifer on October 04, 2020, 02:58:45 am ---Which brings up a curious point...This board I built from W/mart had probibally the worst reviews ever in the history of skateboards (shame on you Tony Hawk for selling out) anyway, It didn't roll, reviews were not wrong, the wheels and bearings were replaced with another board from W/mart (kryptonics) and that fixed the rolling issue, Well... the wheels are bigger, and If I lean too much, they hit the bottom of the board, it stops like instantly and crash!...The bushings also feel cheap as compared the my pink fly board built at the beginning of this thread, but it is the same physical shape, and approximate size of that board, just cheap...(50.00 for both W/mart boards) as compared to 300.00 with that Sims.

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There are vastly different quality and durometer of truck bushings but you should be able to work with whatcha got.
And you can adjust the tension on those kingpin bushings if you have the right size wrench!
If you are getting wheel bite then tighten them down a bit to limit their lateral squishiness.
Quarter turn at a time until you get to the right amount of side to side what-have-ya when you are riding that thing.

And make sure you torque front and back equally so as to not make things more wacky.

And press on!

jennifer:
I was kinda thinking, just tighten the back one so not to lose the turning, but I get what you are saying, especially if I am riding it backwards, And it is not like Jenn is riding pools or anything,
just get good enough to ride it at all,, and eventually off curbs, which to you guys sounds simplistily easy I supose, but actually looking at it from a skateboard yes kinda a big deal and scary ...Tighted the trucks 1/4 turn, off to Dallas to give it a try!🤫

jennifer:
#9...Tx. (Farmers branch)...There were like toll roads and express ways in Dallas, so I went up to the North side, Pic doesnt scream Tx , and Mike will think Jenn is lying I supose, But Hope PBJ could verify it as Dallas area if comes to that, beings how it is a medical place and all (Figgered if I was laying dead in their parking lot, they could give me therapy or something when they came to work,
LOL)...The tree is really cool, like a big short shade tree, the parking lot quiet, well lit (@ 5:00 in the morning) and not flat, like really not flat, off to the left one could almost consider a small hill...JENNIFER RIDES A SKATEBOARD! Not fast, not graceful but go did She...so much fun!🤪

jennifer:
Little worried about the water here however, Jenn is drinking bottled water and instant coffee If anyone is worried...Time to leave.😬

jennifer:
Jenni has decided to go north for awhile, Ma. perhaps, Thats going to suck for me however, going to have to backtrack across Ar, and TN...I wont bore you guys with the details on that.😒

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