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How many spacers do I need on the inside of the wheel on 5.6 to feel like a 5.8? I have 5.8 in my main but gonna set up a second skate shitty spots and rough ledges board but want it similar to my main
id just put as many on the inside as possible
someone posted how many mm a spacer is but i cant find it
I have tried and even with five washers on the inside and nuts reversed / turned around on trucks that were 5.6 (144s), just to get a bit of nyloc to hold, it still doesn't quite add up to the extra width on 5.8 (149s) trucks.
It was interesting to see though and I could feel a little more difference, but I usually have three washers on the inside of everything anyway, that is three washers on the inside of each wheel, just the nut on the outside which sits fairly snugly on the end of the axle on any normal truck from Indy, Thunder or Venture. Ace trucks can fit one or even two more on each as they have longer axles than normal, with the nut still fitting on as usual.
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Should have added:
In total it is about 5 mm, so 2.5 mm on each axle to make an 8.25" as wide as the 8.5" axle, so depending on the width of washers, about seven or eight to make the wheels even with my other 8.5" trucks, which then means the nut barely fits on, even when reversed, when I tried, just to see if it could be done.
Still easy enough to put a few extra on, then skate it and see how that feels, if it is at all different from where you had them before.
How many washers on the inside do you usually have?