If anyone gets a clicking or rattling noise from a board u just bought, check the 4 screws holding the trucks to the board because sometimes they are loose resulting in the rattling you may hear
I have a question about the 4 nuts that hold the platform of the truck and board together. What are they called? Do i tighten them? I can't seem to tighten them on my board they feel loose. Im asking because i can literally wiggle the whole truck. I try twisting it left and right and it off sets seeming very loose. I feel like its going to dismantle the whole truck and fall off while riding. Please help somebody!
If your truck bolts are loose, then you will have to tighten them. Use a skate tool/wrench and a screwdriver/allen key (depends on your bolts) to tighten your bolts down until the truck no longer feels loose. Hope this helps!
Hey i got a skateboard around 2 days ago lol and it's a popsicle 7.75 inch board from globe and it's pretty good i think It's also my first board and cost around 140 Aus so translate that to us or UK if u wanna know but i hope this helps and i will try to do this when I'm back from my current holiday The problem is that it's a lil sqeuky and really noisy like cracky and stuff when i turn and the bearings are really dirty I think and there slow on the back and give it a good spin itll last 4 sec or 3 and just stops without slowing down and my fronts are just horrible my right front wheel barley spins but my front left one does decent pls help
+NOMNOMPEWPEW They are Caliber II trucks. Same ones I ride, I can vouch for them. Mine are 50 degrees. I believe his are 44. I prefer the 50, much more versatile, in my opinion.
+NOMNOMPEWPEW I'm using the first edition Caliber II's (literally the first batch that went on sale). Incredible trucks for the price - can really do anything with them. Living in the UK, plus customs charges I think that total price was £60+.
Vaseline is a petroleum derivate which may damage your bearings. I'd stick to natural lubricants like paraffin wax or, the best lubricant, white lithium grease.
Are you sure your bushings are sat tightly in the correct position? It may be that the bushings are not sat correct, they are deformed, or they simply don't fit your trucks for some reason.
I wouldn't use normal oil - it will damage your bushings and make them corrode. Stick to something like soap or white lithium grease. I've never done this myself but lard seems like it'd do a good job as well.
Thank you! I usually only do this once or twice a year. I skate pretty much every day and it takes a lot of riding for the bushings to get squeaky again. Hope this helps!
I'm a longboard dancer and soap doesn't seem to work for me. Like, it solves the issue of squeaks, but for some reason, dancing on it seems impossible for me. I've done the soap method twice, and for a good 2 weeks, it was like I was new to longboard dancing and I couldn't get any steps...
If you do a lot of dancing then soap probably isn't the best thing for you - or you're using too much. Try using white lithium grease, which is what bushings are lubricated with when they are manufactured.
Yea, soap doesn't seem ideal for longboard dancers. The first time I tried soap, I used a lot. The second time I tried it, I put an extremely tiny amount, but still had the same thing happen. Thanks for the suggestion though! Will try it out!
+Annie Alcantar Sorry for the really late reply! The soap may attract a little bit of dirt but it does nothing to affect how well this method works. Nowadays I tend to clean the truck up a bit after soaping it with a damp cloth to avoid the truck getting dirty, but this is really an aesthetic point and the dirt does nothing in affecting how the truck works. Hope this helps!
I really wouldn't advise that! Use soap or white lithium grease or something of that nature - I'm fairly sure the oils in shoe polish wouldn't do your bushings very good!
+Sinnan Rafi If enough soap is applied, then rain shouldn't effect the truck, and there should still be no squeaks! If you want a proper full-on job, then white lithium grease is the way to go.
