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VANILLA GUERILLA
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For my brothers in pumpI found it hard to sustain a pump with my o/w/o bennet 5.0 combo when I first assembled it with super loose trucks. I wasn't getting a good rebound off my pumps and that slowly led too ever decreasing speeds. so I tightened my king pins like three full turns and now I get much better rebound and it seems like my bushings are now doing there job. Question is, shall I try to tighten a little more as now that I've clocked some miles it seems to be slowly less and less active. Also i have not cut or glued the bottom two barrels (which are bottom orange cone under white barrel). I fear I'll rip them apart if I glue then together with the way they move around so much when i pump. Also, might I want to move up in duro on one or more of these bushings to run a looser truck while still retaining the rebound. I fear I might have too much pressure on the current bushing setup.
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dmccoach
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Re: For my brothers in pumpIMHO - if you do not glue the bushings together, they are sliding across eachother and you are losing vital rebound - just based on my experience...
I offered my setup opinion re: pressure and glueing here (down the page): http://pavedwave.myfastforum.org/ftopic132-20.php
Again, IMHO, for a few bucks, experimenting is cheap...
| VANILLA GUERILLA wrote: | | I found it hard to sustain a pump with my o/w/o bennet 5.0 combo when I first assembled it with super loose trucks. I wasn't getting a good rebound off my pumps and that slowly led too ever decreasing speeds. so I tightened my king pins like three full turns and now I get much better rebound and it seems like my bushings are now doing there job. Question is, shall I try to tighten a little more as now that I've clocked some miles it seems to be slowly less and less active. Also i have not cut or glued the bottom two barrels (which are bottom orange cone under white barrel). I fear I'll rip them apart if I glue then together with the way they move around so much when i pump. Also, might I want to move up in duro on one or more of these bushings to run a looser truck while still retaining the rebound. I fear I might have too much pressure on the current bushing setup. |
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edp_swakakin
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Re: For my brothers in pump | dmccoach wrote: |
Again, IMHO, for a few bucks, experimenting is cheap...
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I agree experimenting is a very good idea. It really allows you to tune in to what you like.
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