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Help with skateboard wheel

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Slugkid, Feb 23, 2013.

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  1. Slugkid

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    I got a skateboard many ages ago, then used it for about an year... And then I gradually stopped using it.
    I felt like picking it up again for reasons, and one of the wheels spins much faster than the rest, so the skateboard always leans to one side, and it's pretty annoying. Is there any way to fix this?
    I'd appreciate any help given! Maybe if I get to solve my problem I'd give out PokéPoints. I've googled some to no avail...
     
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    Outside of visiting a skateshop (if there are any around you) for advice, the only idea I have is lubricating the three other wheels with something to cut down on friction and make them spin faster. It's not exactly the same thing but when I was young I was involved in this boyscouts group and one event was making these little model car kits. Although the wheels were more simple they could be made to spin faster when powdered graphite was applied to where the wheel itself spun in the housing. It got rid of friction which would make a wheel turn slower than it ideally could. I don't know exactly how different your skateboard wheels are but it might me worth a shot if you can get in easily to where the wheels make contact and turn.
     
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    It's weird though, because they all used to spin at the same speed, and I'm more inclined to think the one that's faster used to be as slow as the rest. Sure, I could try that to make them all go faster, but I kind of thought I might need to make the faulty one go slower.
     
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    Hm, if you have the tools maybe take the wheel off completely and take a look, it could be that there's some type of thing around where it spins that actually gives a little more friction that has worn out or broken. I'm not really a skateboard expert though. If there are skateshops around you that would probably be your best bet for a solution.
     
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