Stop bullying the token foreigner.
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ahh yeah that’ll do it ! they were 54’s, they’re not even necessarily much smaller but i can feel the smoothness has finally began to wane
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not done it in 15 years but might even clean my bearings, what household product is best fer it?
Toilet duck
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The grip message made me laugh!
I use Autoglym Engine Cleaner on a set of Swiss, dry ‘em off and a drop of Speed Cream. It was what I had handy. Bearings must be about 9 or 10 years old now, no issues.
Ah, household product. Isopropyl Alcohol?
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i’d kill for alpine fresh bearings to be fair but they are swiss already mind
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WD40 will clear out whatever is in there as it’s a type of detergent. Spray a load into an old hummus pot, swish them about for a bit and leave overnight. You’ll need to dry them out afterwards and put speed cream or some sort of bearing grease/lubricant in there, but they’re then as good as new.
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I think acetone is basically nail polish remover, right? So if you’re looking for a household product you can probably get it in boots/tesco etc
It’s a ball ache, but the best way of cleaning is to totally strip them down and polish the races with a solvent soaked q-tip. You get a lot of impacted grime on them that just dunking in a solution won’t remove completely.
Fuel injector cleaner, sprays with a bit of power so can blast the grime a bit.
Take the shields off and put them in the dishwasher.
I forgot the difference new wheels can make. I’ve been running the same wheels for ages, finally bought some new Bones wheels, and I couldn’t believe how much faster they were, especially cruising round a smooth concrete park.
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Oh man, I recently did that, Classics with that green swirl print on a board with a visible green bottom ply, it looked lush.
I used to run everything in a combination of red white and black; trucks, wheels, the lot. First step away was a set of raw ventures (they had the red V logo on though, so still appeased my needs). The proper break for it though was a deck I got through Last Post. I’m still really particular about colours, but now I won’t have anything besides raw trucks and white wheels.
Raw trucks and white wheels always!
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Always.
*The only exception being anodized Indys…but not since 1991!
True! Dressen definitely made those look cool.
JT kinda had a thing going with red trucks in his Welcome to Hell days too, but let’s keep it extraordinary with Dressen and no one else, haha!
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Matt black trucks and fresh white wheels always look good though
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