Keep an eye on the rear bushings even with the hard setup. Even with no real rotation, the plastic bushings can still crack/break from impact as you go over bumps. There is much more force on the pin and bushings with this setup than normal, thx to the extra leverage your trailing arm provides. Now that I’m skating so low to the ground / beneath the pivot point of the trucks, it seems that slop in the front doesn’t matter much at all. I can’t explain why, but observe that I’ve set personal bests this week on a board with a very very loose needle bearings and NO bushings in the front truck (3Dservisas Fat Boy 320.) I’ll shut up and watch yer vids now.
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I’ve actually never seen a lacroix bushing break. I’ve even drilled holes in them to soften up the durometer.. I appreciate you looking out for my build, honestly I barely ride it, I bet it’s got less than 300 miles on it.
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Too many wheels for you…
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You are thinking of the shockblocks here I think. The bushing in mountainboard terms technically is the small flange bushing part that holds the kingpin inside the hanger. Not a single channel truck that I tried was maintanance free in that regard. Haven’t tried matrix iii personally yet though.
But I can attest to Dualities holding up, non of my Duality setups have developed any slop.
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So @Titoxd1000 realized my front truck was actually installed backwards.
This weekend I swapped it around, also swapped out the rear truck bracket for the spare one i had. Now the rear tire sits perfectly straight and the front actually turns really good now. I feel kinda dumb for riding it for so long with the front truck reversed.
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Might be able to help you out with that… you looking for like a rolling chassis?