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So you couldn’t get your thunders loose enough with stock bushings?
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You beat me to it haha. I run my trucks fairly loose and with the top loose truck kit bushing I can have my kingpin nut fully engaged on the kingpin with no threat of the nut unthreading itself. $7 is a worthwhile investment to avoid slicing your fingers up while cutting the top bushing down. Also, another plus is the kingpin nut will inadvertently sit lower and give a bit more grind clearance for smiths.
Ha yeah, I thought I would leave it a few days, then answer if there were no other replies, but a lot of people still don't know about the Venture bushing kit with the low heads, or others get them and set them up and find they either have to tighten them right down or have other issues with them being too loose, but understanding the product goes a long way in this case.
Both the features, of looser trucks and lower kingpin nut / head are worth it to me, but as said, these bushings are also good for trucks that are worn down a lot so you need lower kinpgin nut / more clearance, when comparing the worn down hanger.
I’m more confused now. I mean I used to put the bones bushings on Indy’s.
Ventures stock seem to be perfect for skating bowls.
I think if they brought out a Thunder low conversion kit as well, people would be using that in their Thunder trucks, but as yet they only have the normal height bushings, otherwise I could see others staying more brand specific for bushings too.
To see how loose some people have their trucks, I am amazed, but then I also see how tight some people have their trucks too which is equally difficult for me to skate on their boards with minimal turn, so given everyone is different, the stock tightness will only work for the middle ground, not either end of the scale.
The other thing which I have also noticed is that lower head bushings in medium or slightly harder duro options means I can have the kingpin nut just nicely down a thread on the front and a couple on the back, but make my board feel way more stable while still being able to turn a lot, so there is that as well.