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You'd think wider axles would be more prone to bending than narrower. You probably don't see too many bent 215s as not many people skate those in high impact situations. (Except Gonz ollieing down Wallenberg of course.)
I look to ACE ace and how they bent (even at 8") Theeve didn't have bending issues that I was ever aware of.
Guess that's why they're testing them out instead of just pushing them to market. I'd imagine that metals and tolerances since the OG IV and current XI have changed? 215s supposedly still use the old geo, but if I remember right there was a time where the 215s were updated to stage XI (last year or so?). Who knows.
Stage IV / that hanger design + Forged ti ? Yes, please.
A few truck brands have had issues with the production facilities not following procedure and overfilling the baskets of hangers that went through the heat curing process, which leads to the metal not being tempered correctly and the truck hangers bend in ways no one would believe (including myself) if I hadn't seen them with my own eyes.
Theeve, Ace and Destructo all had these issues when they first came out, as per Theeve trucks comment from Trev Ward on this post:
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"I’ll give you the heads up. I used this factory which Krux and venture both used too. When they heat treat their trucks they over fill their baskets and the trucks don’t get heat treated correctly. This creates the issue. It’s not the design of the truck it’s the factory cutting corners. 100,000 units I lost through this. I thought it was a design flaw and then the V2 theeve came out. But when the truth came out we worked out a very hard lesson"
I still have a dozen sets of Destructo trucks which are in perfect working order that were made in USA, then this set from back when production went from USA to China for these Destructo trucks early 00s, which some people still cannot believe is real, but they bent from skateboarding, not being run over or any other thing.
To note though, they also fixed production and make what is said to be a very good product nowdays, but I have not skated any that were made after 2000 and certainly seen none of the newer models in person.