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Nah and no response when I’ve asked and they’ve never uploaded it. I’m tempted to rip it for my own records though and if I do I can share it with you hotdogs.
please do! also curious if there is a good trick for getting trucks mounted centered and square?
Make a baseplate template by getting a thin piece of paper and draw an outline of your truck baseplate and mark each bolt hole. Cut the template into a square slightly larger than the baseplate outline. Fold the template in half, lining up the corresponding holes left/right (horizontally) by looking at the template very close to a bright source of light (lamp, fire, the blazing arctic sun, etc).
(NOTE: If using a Sure Grip Classic truck, the baseplate hole for the pivot cup side are SLIGHTLY closer together than the kingpin side, so make a note of PIVOT SIDE for later)
Once the holes are aligned, emphasize the crease, making the crease line pronounced. Mark the crease vertically with pen/marker. Now use a small screwdriver or something like it to poke through the bolt holes out in the template.
You now have a polarizer truck mounting template.
Take a piece of tape (painter's tape is best IMO), and run it vertically on the polarizer nose to tail approximating the middle of the deck.
Grab a ruler and make AT LEAST THREE measurements of the "mid" line of the board. Usually one around the 5 1/2" mark near the nose and tail, and one in the 6" area of the deck.
FYI polarizer decks are not symmetrical, they're loosely shaped on surf longboard PIG models, so the widest point is NOT the middle of the deck.
Now use the ruler to connect the dots to make your mid line on the deck.
Grab your trucks (with hanger/bushings still on the trucks) and place them where you want to place them on the board. Wheelbases preferred are anything from 18 to 20 inches AXLE TO AXLE, but do whatever you want. 18 inches IMO is a great place to start.
Make sure to measure from the tip of the nose to the start of your baseplate and same on the tail to approximate truck balance. Usually about 3 - 3 1/2 inches.
Once you have the trucks in both desired spots, take a pencil and mark one of the bolt holes on each truck.
Take off trucks and place the template on one of the truck spots. Line up the same template bolt hole with the bolt hole you just marked. Now lock the mid-line on the template to your mid line on your deck. Now use a marker to mark the bolt hole spots through the template on the board.
Repeat for second truck.
You should now have everything you need logistically to mount the trucks and have a aligned/centered truck situation.
I always recommend pre-drilling bolt holes about 1/8 to a 1/4 into the deck with a 5/16 bit if you are using sheet metal screws. If just bolts, drill away.
Hope this helps.