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so I just got some venture V8 5.2’s in the mail. Literally bought them for the baseplate 🤣. I’m gonna use the baseplate on a set of venture 5.0 lows I ordered for my tech setup.
what I’m wondering is, do the red venture bushings, have the same bottom and top height as hi venture bushings? I mean, I’m gonna compare when I have everything. just curious.
I did notice though, the translucent blue bushings that come in the new venture V8’s have a bottom bushing that is 1mm shorter than all other venture hi bushings I have.
oh! also, has anyone ever used the green loose truck venture bushings in a pair of specifically venture low’s.?
thank you in advance.
love venture lo’s
haven’t used the loose truck kit in them. the top bushing from the loose truck kit is shorter than the stock bushings, and would cause the trucks to sit a little lower, i believe.
oh, i think lo’s and hi’s have the same bushing height
I’ve bought a set of the venture loose conversion bushings before in venture high’s but it was unmanageable. there was absolutely no control, way too lose. the bottom bushing is the same height, but yea, top bushing in them is shorter.
All the Venture bushings are the same height, or supposed to be, across all their models of trucks, regular, low, etc but as you said the V8 bushings do appear a little lower in their new bottom bushings. Then the loose kit has a lower top bushing but still the same normal bottom bushing.
For trucks in general, the bottom bushing is the main thing that controls the turn and changes geometry, taller bottom = more turn and quicker, lower bottom = less turn and slower, but the top bushing doesn't affect the geometry of the truck anywhere near as much as the bottom bushing does, so much as it gives more or less kingpin clearance, although a very squashed down low top bushing can limit the amount of turn as the hanger can make contact with the washer and effectively stop the truck from turning past a certain point.
That said, I will often reshape or cut down the top bushing, or use low top bushings on most of my setups, so I can get the kingpin nut down lower and more often than not angle grind off the head of the kingpin so I have way more clearance.
The loose truck kit can be used to do the same thing, so even though it might feel stupidly loose with the kingpin nut flush, tightening it down how ever much you need after breaking the bushings in then means you can grind off the top of the kingpin itself to give a lot more clearance for the Venture Low hanger.
Note: angle grinding down kingpins is something you want to do very gently, as heating up the kingpin too much can cook your bushings, so I just go a little at a time, not go too hard on it and more than anything just take off the front edge if needed, even though it might look funny, that is all you really need to take off, until the hanger wears down a lot more.
I have mixed and matched a lot of parts including the Venture, standard, low, this and that, so I think the low hanger would benefit from the low top / loose truck kit bushings in the method stated above, but I guess before doing anything permanent, try different configurations and see what feels most comfortable.
Bushings do need to be broken in though - the green ones do firm up enough to make them stable, but it takes a few sessions of just rolling around and not putting too much pressure on them from side to side as there would be with normal skating.
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