Skateboard and longboard bushings explained

[@musk-eteer9898]

thank you for another life lesson from youtube university

[@RideHaste]

Immediately shared this with my youth group. Excellent tutorial. 🤘🙇🤙

[@CaptainOnePocket]

The is the best video on truck bushings ever! Thank you so much! I learned so much! I learned more in 10 minutes from you than in 35 years. (I'm 44 yo)...

[@MonchkinLand]

It really is, I recommend it to anyone needing the info. 254 is the f best!

[@marcosfunky]

Lot of information, much more than i expected. Cheers from Poland!

[@nickdriessen6159]

1. perfectly explained. This helped SOOOO MUCH! 2. I subscribed. You freaking deserved it. 3. Rang the bell. Love your content. Hounestly. I've watched many video's on bushing, but it never was very clear. Your video though explained everything just PERFECTLY. Thank you 👍🏻

[@downhill254skate]

bless bro!!

[@overnights2572]

I completely agree and I did the same...

[@grantboyd-gibbins1212]

Good vid, Abuga! We see you quite often on our tv screen saver when we met up at the orphanage! Merry Christmas!

[@downhill254skate]

Very cool memories! Hope to meet you and the fam again one day

[@jessedecaro9576]

Good video bro!

[@brianjames3753]

Good morning from Oregon

[@duncanmallory2236]

Best longboard content, this man it's helping a lot while learning

[@Caniballe]

Thanks a lot! Obrigado, de Suzano, SP, Brasil.

[@eBoard3R]

🤙🏼 *Looove a good bushings video!* 🤙🏼 Comparing different formulas and brands can become expensive but well worth it a lot of times!! Venom still my overall favourite but love Blood Orange in my front truck.

[@tijszonderh2295]

very clear explanation thank you!

[@DanielKwan]

👍 shared

[@FloJiCc]

You are a treasure

[@spliffmaster4206]

Thanks dude, this helped a lot 🔥🤘

[@1000Deep]

Thanks for sharing this information. Loving the channel.

[@tituslazare2064]

This is such a needed video

[@Darryl.Harris]

I learned something today; Thx bruh.

[@yogifpv839]

Bro i reads your blog recently about long boarding gear.

[@dapje2002]

Great video, verv very helpful! Thank you so much!

[@sukaygunsayran8694]

Even more wisdom ha! These videos will keep me stoked all through winter

[@FloppyCatfish]

Hey, really good video! I do tend to do my bushing tightening different from the usual advice. I find that when I tighten the bushing to the point where I can spin the washer isn't tight enough. It always introduces rattling for me as the bushing compresses under my weight. Personally I tighten the bushings to a point where its tight enough to not rattle, but also not so tight that it gets deformed. I really think as long as its not deforming after tightening it's all good

[@AroniDeliquint]

What trucks and what bushings do you use?

[@FloppyCatfish]

@@AroniDeliquint cals and Paris with standard riptide barrels, got some cast rogues coming today with some tall barrles

[@downhill254skate]

What trucks and what bushings do you use?

[@FloppyCatfish]

@@downhill254skate I've got boards with Paris and calibers. My usual setup is the raked 9" 50° cal3s with riptide aps barrels. I have some cast rogues coming today with tall barrels on the side

[@Hellbilly_C]

Awesome! Thank you man!

[@dead7781]

I was literally about to ask you to make a bushing video on your previous upload lol. This is exactly what I wanted, not many videos went in depth on how you can have different hardness between boardside and roadside. Keep this up, I think your channel is gonna be one of the best LB channels! :D

[@downhill254skate]

Thanks bro! I may be going even more indepth with setups for downhill soon

[@MonchkinLand]

Best bushing video 💯

[@TheLeoojedap]

Found this video!

[@NutriBun-j9o]

Hello sir, I'm a fan from Philippines. I have a ronin katana precision, I want to know whats best bushing to buy and also I weight 53 kilos

[@sergiofilho7845]

Yo man loving your videos thanks a lot for share tour knowledge, can you please tell me if is OK cut a bit of the bushings ? I got few Venon but I can't put 2 barrels on my Bear Gen6, the kingpin is short, I want use 90a plug bottom is ideal for my weight and 93a top, but seems impossible on the 40°.

[@AroniDeliquint]

Sounds like you have two tall barrels bushinhs

[@MrPorschkub]

Can you explain about formula bushing If i want to hybrid bushing between 2 formula for example Riptide APS Board side and Krank Road side. What is common setup about formula APS should be boardside Krank should be roadside WFB should be ...

[@downhill254skate]

Yeah that would be a good video. A bit difficult to explain and find the right feel ... I think I'd always like the higher rebound and higher duro bushing boardside ...

[@synthshapes]

I'm trying to replace the flimsy cup washers that come with the polar bear 105mm trucks. I swapped mine with some thicker ones from dimebag that looked fine at first, but I think they are too small and are actually cutting into my cone bushings on deep carves :/ Anyone know a good cup washer that is a bit thicker/heavy duty that fits polar bear trucks nicely??

[@nickamarit]

I like to put plug barrels on the roadside. I feel that when plug barrels are on the roadside, the truck doesn't want to return to center as much as when the plug barrels are on the boardside. However, slop-elimination stays basically the same either way.

[@downhill254skate]

Thats interesting! I will actually try that soon. Why do you want less return to center?

[@nickamarit]

@@downhill254skate It's just how I like my bushings. I'm a "Riptide WFB > Venom HPF" person, and Riptide WFB has less return to center than Venom HPF of the same "equivalent hardness" (not duro), i.e. comparing 87A Venom HPF with 93A Riptide WFB will get roughly the same "equivalent hardness".

[@downhill254skate]

@@nickamarit Ahhh that makes a lot more sense now. I wish riptide made some plug barrels, could probably mill some from some tall bushings, but would be cooler to have them readily available

[@nickamarit]

@@downhill254skate You read my mind, bro.

[@bravenew469]

How did you work the Barrell to Barrell on the bear trucks. Thought plug barrels had to be on board side for the gen 6?

[@Hardcorestilllives]

can I just put longboard bushings on my skateboard truck? I'm currently using the very hard bushings from bones, but they don't feel good, they crack very loudly and are still not hard enough for me. so I would like to try such a super hard longboard bushing

[@MonchkinLand]

Longboard barrels are too tall for normal tkp skate trucks (street/park skating). But you can still apply these principles and buy yourself aftermarket street barrels or barrel/cone setup. I highly suggest trying a barrel/barrel setup using riptide Krank street barrels. Buy the right duro for your weight and if you really want to fine-tune then buy one harder and one softer barrel to adjust the back boardside and front roadside positions (to stiffen the back or open up turning on the front). If you ride switch a lot then you’ll prob want both trucks to turn identical so use all same duro or match bushings/washers for both trucks.

[@anjinsanx44]

hi barel barel front and rear trucks for down hill? or front truck only? ps i only go 25/30 mph the top srill need barel barel? i just put.92 in front truck n 90 in rear truck...thx....board pintail 34 wheels 72mm

[@downhill254skate]

Barrels all around for downhill. Harder bushings in back truck....

[@anjinsanx44]

@@downhill254skate ok thank you

[@BN99239]

As a beginner to longboarding, does it make sense for me to start with harder, barrel bushings for stability while learning and then once I'm more comfortable, switch to softer bushings and go barrel/cone or something for more liveliness or does it not matter that much and I should just learn on the stock bushings?

[@MonchkinLand]

Yes that makes perfect sense to start that way and if doing any kind of downhill I’d def run barrel/barrel setup. Make sure to buy longboard barrels and not street barrels.

[@kryststar6800]

you wont let me post???/

[@SuperSatanicSaint]

What bushings should I get to replace my Dropcat 33 stock bushings? I'm 130 lbs.

[@downhill254skate]

85a plug barrel in teh front, 90a plug barrel in the back

[@SuperSatanicSaint]

@@downhill254skate Thanks a lot for the reply. And thanks for the videos.

[@wyattberger]

Hey downhill, I need a stiffer set of bushings for my set of polar bears I have on my ditch life. I was just hoping that you might be able to tell me if a Venom HPF Eliminator for the board side, and a Riptide krank chubby for the roadside would fit? (I couldn't find the size for the bushing seats anywhere online. Sorry for bothering you.)

[@downhill254skate]

yeah I feel you, the bushing sizes for the polar bears is weird ... I heard thudner bushings fit, but I am not sure. I need to check out the sizes ... I'll do a video on it when I fiogure it out :)

[@wyattberger]

@@downhill254skate I'll be waiting, thank you.

[@Fedor-Fedor]

please make Russian subtitles so that you can better understand

[@thehandseesall]

What is that silver CNC'd truck on your far left (our far right) on your table?

[@Ac_a]

Hi Abuga, can you measure the Venom Plug bushings? I’d like to compare them with the stock Gen 6 Bear bushings. Which are 19mm tall, 4mm for the plug 15mm for the rest. I emailed the companies that sold it but haven’t got anything back and it’s not listed on their websites.