Generally, my bearings last based on how many times they’ve gotten wet. Normal dry usage seems to dent their service life so little it’s not even noticeable. Each time they get wet though is like they’ve aged a bunch. And brine even more so than just rain.
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Even 2RS ones fall victim to wet brine?
What do you consider as dead bearing? Ive so far found that if they make rattling noise even after preloading them with the axle nut then they have worn out pretty bad and unevenly thus making board not stay true on the road.
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In my experience, brine kills everything. It helps a LOT if you hose the skate/motors/bearings off with fresh water immediately after riding it.
Either it doesn’t function any more, makes a crazy amount of noise (a little noise I can tolerate), or:
- the motor only wants to spin one direction, but not the other
- the wheel, when grasped by a hand, has play in it, causing steering slop
Especially that last thing
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Which kind of threaded inserts are preferred for installing enclosures?
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Is this a reasonable epoxy to use for installation? Is one syringe enough for 20 inserts?
#2 but stainless, or be very careful installing the brass. No impact or drill
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I 2nd this, skateboard decks are not soft wood. I learned the hard way.
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I don’t like using inserts at all but if I did, I’d use #2
That epoxy looks okay.
There is an entire thread somewhere on those inserts, if I recall.
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What method do you favor? Bolts going through the deck?
@glyphiks also recently wrote an article on how to use threaded inserts on the freesk8 forum:
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They don’t call it rock maple because it’s smooth lol
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I keep telling myself I’ll try the expensive ones but the soft wood ones have worked flawlessly for me from day 1 of my esk8 career sooo
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Absolutely!
Methods that are unlikely to fail later.
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yup, makes a ton of sense. I’m not the biggest fan of flat head screws, but id imagine the inserts would be more likely to fail. I guess a benefit of that method is that nylock nuts could be used, lessening the dependence on threadlocker.
Me either
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Is there a place to look for battery retention/support methods? I have a big chungus double stack enclosure that I want to use with a single stack 18650 pack and can’t seem to find what people do other than general memory of foam and stuff. Do folks print endstops or anything? How does one attach stuff to the enclosure when it’s not just cramming adhesive foam into an already tight gap?
u pot the whole thing like china does
/s
plz don’t
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Ngl the thought did occur to me. But I’m too indecisive for shit like that, can’t commit to locking it in permanently
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I like to use 3M dual lock tape to attach the battery to either the deck (preferred) or enclosure. Aside from the obvious benefits of attaching the battery to the deck you can slide a metal ruler between the battery and deck to “unlock” the tape and remove the battery.
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Cheers, and then just padding on the enclosure side is it? I was thinking of hook and loop to the enclosure so it wouldn’t have to bear the “hanging” or vertical component but I guess that’s not an issue if it’s suitably compressed on the enclosure side?
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