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petary791 · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject: Trimming Bushings

My Mistress should be here Friday, and I'm pretty much ready to mount it all. I have the Tracker for the back with Red and Yellow Khiro, the Bennett for hte front, but currently I'm running white bottom and orange top, and I'd like to shove a white cone on the bottom too. How should I cut this? I tried scissors (hey, I'm at college and I don't have much access to things) with no avail. I'll be home in a week though, and will then have access to powertools and saws etc. Thank you for your help.

jat. · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject:

I'm guessing this might be of help to you
http://lowtiderides.blogspot.com/...de-rides-how-to-cast-bushing.html
Granted you're somewhere with more equipment than scissors.
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

cool link~ smart guy, wearing a mask. shaving urethane, always good to have lots o' ventilation and save those brain cells.

spinning and sanding is definitely the most common and easy way to pull this off.

another way, not so much reshaping, but just to bring down the height of a cone or barrel -- is to melt them a bit either on a hot plate, or using a torch. this also kicks up toxic urethane fumes, so again, do this in a very open space and don't go freebasing the fumes!

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

I used a VERY sharp serrated knife to cut down my white barrel/cone combo. I lined it up against the stock bennett bottom bushing and cut it freehand. Its a little ugly, but very functional. Next time I do this, I will glue the cut side of the barrel to the cone and have the smooth side against the hangar, rather than the other way around.

petary791 · Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:53 pm Post subject:

Well I got a Dremel for Christmas, so it's time to put this baby to work. I'll wait to do it outside though methinks. Anyone know how much exactly I need to shave off?

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA

I assume youre talking about shaving a Khiro barrel/barrel or barrel/cone combo to fit a Bennett stock bottom bushing? If thats the case, you can try lining them up side-by-side and drawing a line on it, thats what I did. Frankly, if youre off by a mm or two, it wont make any difference, bushings change size more than that just by riding them. Also, you definitely dont want to breathe urethane fumes, use that dremel outside. Smile

edit: i also picked up a dremel recently, heres a few fun projects if you find yourself bored:

Polish the hangar where it swivels around the kingpin (sorry idk what that parts called)

Polish the pivot point, where the hangar meets the pivot cup.

Use longer hardware and cut it all down to perfect size (only recommended if you have your wedging set up the way you like it)

Make fun toestops Smile

Anyhoo, just a quick list of the things ive been doing with my dremel to kill time.

petary791 · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:35 pm Post subject:

I wussed out and ended up using a really sharp knife. It's not the cleanest cut in the world but it works. I'll probably end up cleaning it up with the Dremel.

LDPanda, sounds fun! Why polish though? I'm really stoked to try my Dremel out.

Alec · Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:27 pm Post subject:

LDPanda · Joined: 21 Nov 2008 Posts: 418 Location: Seattle, WA