Skate trucks used to be renowned for getting major speed wobble, that was before we learnt how to tune them properly. In this guide you will learn how to get the best out of skate trucks and make your boarding a better experience
1. Rubbers
A lot of people don’t pay any attention to the rubbers in their skate trucks, they just tighten and tighten them as the rubbers wear out. This is fine if you don’t mind loosing a lot of steering ability and the board will feel very unresponsive.
Most people will agree that the best rubbers are either “Independants” or “Doh-Dohs” as these are well made and definitely worth paying a couple of extra pounds for as they should last ten times as long. The best place to buy these rubbers is your local skate shop, take your old ones in with you to make 100% sure they are the same size. Generally the lighter colours are the harder rubbers but it is worth asking as different makes can be different.
2. Pivot Cup
With most skate trucks the pivot can get worn out very quickly and sometimes has quite a loose fit in the cup, this can increase your chances of getting speed wobble as well as making your trucks wear out and need replacing sooner. A quick (possibly not very easy, but worthwhile) solution to this is to get down to the local skate shop (do they recognise you yet?? the annoying one asking all the questions probably!) and buy a set of skate cups. These are smaller than the mountainboard ones but with a bit of effort you can get them onto your pivot. Leave the mountainboard ones in as well and you have a much tighter truck, without loosing any of the steering ability and it should last longer as well.