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This has been an issue since they moved production to China. I had to give up on Indy after 16 years because of this. After trying a couple different sets, and going through a dozen cups, it wasn't worth it anymore.
Also, it's called a "pivot", people. Hence the cup it sits in being the "pivot cup".
"hanger nub" was pretty funny tho.
Ha yeah, I think someone from a skate distro called it the hanger nub when trying to explain what part was broken, so that was the easiest way to explain it, eg the hanger nub sits in the pivot cup in the baseplate.
Nub meaning:
A nub is a little piece of something, especially one that sticks out.
Not a worry either way, but there are some thicker, more solid pivot cups out there that make it a little more comfortable fitting and don't sound like a busted pivot cup the way the thin and hard stock ones do at times, or when worn in, as per a few that people have asked about on their own boards.
Which pivot cups do you recommend? My 144s are loose like this, my 129s are perfect (minus the squeak).
I finally gave indy a serious try again and theyve been great but my 144s, especially on crusty spots are unpredictable. I could feel the board trying to throw me off since its rattling bad, especially going faster. My 129s don't do that.
Re different pivot cups, I have so many from different places I can't recall which ones I find work the best, but they are thicker in the sidewall, so compared to some others, stock Venture, Thunder and now the newer stock Indy pivot cups, these ones sit a little taller and are thicker.
I have bought any number of pivot cups from here there and everywhere, including from
@rocklobster so they could actually be the ones, which he sourced, but I also have the Indy box of them, the single loose DLX pivot cups, single loose Modus, a bag of Mini Logo, then assorted others including cheap ebay and other brands I can't recall right now.
I don't think I have ever seen Riptide in person, or the Ace AF1 pivot cups, but I have some pre packaged basic Ace ones, so I guess they are worth a try too, especially if they are thicker.
As to quality control and other issues, I think it is more just how they make them, as in the newer ones are just made with thinner pivot points on the hanger, so with the thicker pivot cups, they seem to fit fairly well so I don't have issues replacing them if or when needed.
I have found more slipping axles on regular / standard trucks of late, but I know that was definitely a thing a while back, just hadn't seen it for a decade or so.
The only other thing to try, if you have more than one set, is just check the mix and match between different hangers and baseplates, especially if they are of different ages, eg the older ones pre 2020 usually fit more snugly in the pivot point, newer ones not as snug, maybe even more so the ones with the truck size on them being the newer ones, so when they changed the molds, this could have also been something that happened at that time, around 2018 - regardless of where they were made too.