Hi,
I’m all out of fixed axles and have the hangers in backorder now. Shoulder bolts are all I have and have emailed everyone who ordered one that I’ll be sending the fixed axles once they arrive for free.
I only preinstalled them upon request because it makes packaging significantly harder with the axles poking out.
Nothing wrong with shoulder bolts, if anything it makes life easier, you can even get the length you need on https://www.mcmaster.com/ and (almost) eliminate having to use spacers.
Does anyone use caliber mounts on BN hangers?
I tested a BKb mount and it seems solid, but only one the the points of the hex part of the hanger hits the rounded part of the clamp. Other point has a .5-1mm gap. Can it be shimmed?
Was looking at Whoosh mounts for an inward mounted kicktailed deck, but I dont want to risk the $$ if it wont be solid.
I’m running that setup rn on the 184’s and seems very solid but I don’t have many km’s on it yet. Generally, anything that fits a caliber style hanger will also fit the bn’s pretty well.
How’d you do that? Wtb pics!
You can get shoulder bolts up to 110mm long at mcmaster-carr.
You can also get them in just about any size on ebay, or aliexpress if you’re patient.
Yeah, some cut up soda can aluminum will do the trick.
Too far away ebay has up to 80mm on uk sellers. I could really do with at least 90mm, to push the pulleys out even more and fit larger motors, but then i would bend them even easier… welp.
I’ll include some pics later this evening if i remember. It’s only like 1mm curvature in the middle but the wheel wobbles like shit when unscrewing and the bolt doesn’t come off until i unscrew the tire rim
I recently ordered a couple sets of BN hangers and I want to setup 2 boards with split angles but I have not ordered baseplates or kingpins yet.
Can somebody please confirm whether I can use Randal 35 degree baseplates with BN hangers. I am pretty sure the hanger will fit, however I read somewhere (EDIT: here - http://downhill254.com/randal-compatible-trucks/) that I will need to swap the pivot cup for an optimal fit between Randal plates and Caliber II profile hangers. Does anyone know which @RipTideSports pivot cups I should order to use BN hangers with Randal plates?
Alternatively, 42 degree Caliber II plates should work with no modifications right?
I remember @boardnamics used to sell fixed baseplates plates in 30, 40 and 50 degrees but I no longer see them on the website. Are there any more fixed plates available or will they be back in-stock anytime soon?
Yep randal 35 works just fine with BN hangers, i have one on my board right now. The original pivot cup from the randal baseplate works, but i did also change it for a riptide randal pivot cup.