Avoid skateboarding on wet or uneven surfaces. Join a club in your area
and learn more. It is unsafe if changing the product because self-
locking units and other self-locking fixings might lose their
effectiveness.
ADJUSTING THE TRUCKS
Turn the skateboard upside-down on a flat surface. Using an adjustable
wrench:
Turn each nut clockwise for a stiff setting, this will provide greater
stability.
Turn each nut counter-clockwise for a loose setting, this will provide
greater steering control.
Important – Check to be sure you have not loosened the trucks too
much! You should not need to loosen the nut more than a few turns for
a loose setting.
REMOVING WHEELS
The easiest way to do this is with a skate tool, or a 1/2“socket wrench. If
your wheels use spacers, make sure to keep them for when you put
wheels back onto your skate-board.
Next, place the wheel back on the skateboard truck‘s axle, but just
barely. You want to hook the tip of the axle inside the bearings, only
letting it touch the bearing and not the wheel.
Now, slowly and gently, pry the wheel at a downward angle. The
bearing should pop out of the wheel, but it might not want to right
away. If you pry too hard, you might damage the bearing.
HOW TO MAINTAIN BEARINGS
The first signs to maintain a bearing are noises or heavy spin of
bearings. To save some money you should maintain your bearings
regularly. Please follow the advice below:
Disassemble the wheels from the truck
Open the shields (if possible) with a needle
Place the open bearings in a small container that is filled with citrus
cleaner or other cleaning liquids.
Clean bearings carefully with a toothbrush
Dry the cleaned bearings on a towel
Grease the dry bearings with synthetic oil or other stuff
Close the bearings again and assemble the bearings into the wheels.
How often do I have to maintain the bearings?
There is no general advise how often you should clean your
bearings. Dust, water and dirt can damage the honed and polished
raceways and balls of a bearing and has influence on the
performance of the bearing and in the end on the speed of your
skates. You can extend the lifetime of your bearings through regular
maintenance. It really depends on many factors how often you
should clean your bearings as you can see. But please note that also
rustproof bearings need to be maintained. Dust and dirt also
damage the raceways and balls of the bearing. The bearing just
does not rust.
Please note: Always maintain your bearings after riding in wet
conditions!
