I’ve never actually been told that, that really useful thanks (I probably have but i wasn’t paying attention).
Back to the topic, i’m looking for something to stop my wheel nuts coming off so easily.
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Remember thread lock? Possibly branded as ‘Thred-Lok’ or something similar. Glue for nuts.
Good shout. I remember once trying to put a plastic bag over the bolt before I put the nut on to form a low budget type of PTFE tape type effect.
That’s, “bastard”.
Correct, haha
I think it’s nylok, or maybe that’s just a brand.
i was just trying to see if it was a problem
I think you mean ’
it’s’ just there is no full stop.
i had this stupid idea similar to an mtb quick release skewer that would essentially be the same principle but refined with a hollow truck axle, rod running through it with threads on either end and some sort of flanged nuts that would thread onto the rod and somehow lock onto the axle. in theory if axle threads got fucked up/mangled all you’d have to do is replace the skewer but in practicality it’d be a ballache to design, implement and probably wouldnt work or be worth the cost.
You still there, mate?
I had the same idea. My brother owns a set of Qwik-trucks, but everytime he swaps his trucks in, he has hard time attaching them in. I can’t remember why, but what I can remember is we were both having a go at it and it was frustrating. It’s basically when you slide in your trucks, there should be this click and you’ll know it’s properly in when you hear that click and it took us so many tries to get it.
I’m no engineer or some sort. But one day, I was in my garage, just finished setting up a fresh skateboard, (except for the bearings) and somehow the bearings weren’t spinning freely and I was so annoyed of it cause I’ve inspected closely and everything was good. So I had to swap/rotate wheels around and that fixed it, but it took me ages moving wheels and bearings around. Having that experience as well as the experience of dealing with my brother’s Qwik-trucks, I thought there should be an easier way to this.
Considering all existing quick release tech on skateboards, as I stood there and looked up further infront of me, there, my impact driver was sitting with its chuck facing me. I thought the tech behind how my impact driver’s chuck (quick release clamp) works could be a solution?
So, I came up with the idea. Instead of a quick-release trucks, quick-release axle (qwixle) lol.
Number one issue though, will be the durability.
But imagine a separate axle long enough to accommodate the wheel, and the rest of it that goes in the trucks will be hexagonal. With that, it can be however much length and thickness of hex rod to go inside the chuck for durability purpose. Then on the actual truck, where the separate axle goes in, is a quick release clamp like how an impact driver’s chuck works with some sort of spring loaded lock button placed on the chuck’s handle facing towards the deck so its away from being pressed when performing grinds.
Can someone, please make this to life? 
I can make drawings of it if you want. 
(Edited for typos)
It doesn’t take that long. Not so long that anybody needs to have another go at redesigning stuff that’s been absolutely fine for fifty years.
Any of these daft ideas just make skateboards either heavier or weaker, if not both.
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In 40 years skating I’ve honestly never had a situation where I’ve needed to swap trucks or wheels out that quickly. It’s like a problem that really doesn’t need solving. Same with wheels.
Don’t want to piss on the fireworks but I dunno, seems a bit pointless
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So the finished product will be:
hex axle x 4 (hexle. Lol)
Trucks w/ chucks (chuck-trucks. Lol)
To install:
The hexle will be pushed in the chuck-truck and it will lock in with the same click as when you put in a screw bit in your impact driver’s chuck.
To: uninstall:
Place index finger on the chuck’s lock button then press while gripping, then pull the chuck outward. It should pop out the same way as when you pop out a screw bit from your impact driver’s chuck.
Hexles and chuck-trucks can be sold separately or as a bundle for more back up wheels to easily swap in. 
Do you guys know how incredibly cheap 4 nuts are.
Literally peanuts.
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Excellent sentence
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That is true though, I don’t disagree with that.
Swapping wheels for me has been a pain though. It’s quite annoying to loosen the axle nuts and not hit the bearing shields that might cause problems. But then, still manageable and I’m probably just complaining too much.
I’ll just go skate more and fiddle with my skateboard less. Haha!
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Nah, that’s true mate.
Thank you sir! 
Fiddle with it loads, until you get really good at fiddling with it, to the point you can set a board up in moving car in complete darkness with five other people jammed in.
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Herein lies your problem. Pop those shits off, they are superfluous 
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