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The once or twice when I put two washers on the inside of the truck, the Nylock nut did not seem to be engaging and I immediately switched back.
Yeah, I am kind of waiting for a wheel to fall off.
Did you try putting the nut with the nylock facing inside the hanger?
When I was still a grom, I did that. Guy at the skateshop was pissed when he saw that and to this day I don't know why. I never put on a nut with the nylock facing inside again. And that was 20 years ago ^^
Can someone please enlighten me, why we shouldn't do that? I imagine it might not be good for the hanger, but I honestly have no idea.
Roller skaters have to do that as most skateboard wheels they use have a "normal" width, but their older roller skate wheels (and axles) were more narrow on some brands, so if they didn't remove all washers and put the nut on backwards, they just didn't work and couldn't get the nut to stay on the axle.
I also had to do that on some trucks that had been so damaged or worn down that the nut didn't fit comfortably on the axle without coming loose, but generally I think there is no reason it can't work, besides it looking crazy compared to normal axle nuts.
The nut still works fine when I put it back on the right way and the axle doesn't take any more damage to it from having the nuts on the other way, but from an OCD perspective, it sure does give me the creeps looking at a board like that.
Here is one I did just to see how many washers I could fit on the axle - six all up which pushed it out to 146 (from 144s) but still shy of 149s when compared the two.