Will ace bushings fit my ventures hi?
I got a pair of the forged hollow and been trying to make them work for me but it really pissed me off how stiff and unresponsive they feel (coming from ace).
I love skating flatground with them but I mainly skate transition, slappys, wallies, and those feel terrible at the moment...
Some bushing change up may help a bit, but the reality is you are coming from Ace being the "most turny truck" on the market to Venture being the "least turny truck" just in the geometry alone, which no amount of bushing change up is going to fix.
That said, once you get used to how much more pressure you need to put on Ventures to turn, compared to Ace or even Indy (which is what I usually skate) they can still turn relatively well, but the first few sessions on a board with Venture trucks, I was stepping off the board or it was still going relatively straight compared to how either of the boards I have with Ace trucks turn, one with Classics and one with AF1 trucks.
Venture are said to be the most stable of all trucks, mainly because they don't turn half as quickly, but regardless of bushings, do you ride rattling loose trucks or more normal / stock nut flush sort of thing?
Even with the nut down a full thread / turn or two on Ace it will still turn more than Venture ever will.
Getting the low bushing kit (marketed as the loose trucks kit) will only solve your issues if you ride very loose trucks to start with and even then, for a normal person they will be very mushy, so although you might have a little more turn, you might still not like how they turn.
The stock Venture bushings are pretty soft and do allow for a lot of turn, but breaking them in nicely is going to be harder when you come from Ace and the much lighter turn any and all Ace trucks have, regardless of bushings.
That's just my thoughts on the change anyway.
It can be done, but it does take time for you to get used to them, otherwise it might be better to pass them on to someone else and go with what you are used to.
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Either way I would never tell people how to ride their boards - everyone is different, but finding what works for you is the most important thing right now.
The easiest way to feel them out is loosen the nut not quite all the way off and stand on the board (not have a full session on it) or just roll very lightly round as that is about the feel of the loose truck kit bushings. They are the same bushings, just lower heads so you can get the nut on with a lot more room to move, or tighten them down as needed.
Another temporary solution is taking the metal washers off the bottom just to feel them out. Again it is not a permanent fix, but some other people I know do this to get bushings more nicely worn in and they will definitely loosen up the feeling of the stock bushings. You might even like it.
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