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ZapZang
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subsonic pulseGot my Pulse for my 31st bday in August and have loved the shit out of it ever since. With the pavedwave standard Bennet front, tracker rear, lemon/lime wheels. The stock bushings, esp. the Bennets didnt really work for me - swapped the front out for some orange and white Khiros.
Had a squeaking sound that wasn't the pivot cup, one of the mounting holes was a little bit skewed maybe cause one of the bolts was slightly askew, I tightened down the hardware and that stopped the sound - but the boltheads were sunken into the fiberglass top layer pretty deep - it didn't feel like it was that tight but they sunk in like butter, My fault for not payign attention to em. Since the damage was done I left em alone - now many miles later I couldn't back em out if I wanted to - the fiberglass upper layer has closed back up around over the heads. Hopefully they're not on their way to pulling through, I could drill em out and leave the heads as washers inside the deck but for now I'm just leavin it be.
Anyway, love the deck, since I got it I havent been able to ride any of my other boards at all, they just dont feel as good.
Yup.
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LD skater since 1971
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Did you use button head screw or counter sunk screws ?
I always use button head screws on composite laminated or foam boards so they don't pull through.
But I don't think your in danger of it pulling through the birch laminated part of the board.
I have only seen bolts pull through foam slalom boards or G&S made a foam/fiberglass laminated Vert board and NHS made a foam glass vert board that even button head screws would pull through.
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ZapZang
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it came assembled with counter sunk screws in the front truck, buttons in the back.
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