Theeves - Truckin' eh man. Truckin'. Eh.

[bailgun]

stabby.... your trucks are too tight.

[Stabby_McShiv]

stabby.... your trucks are too tight.

Agreed.  My opinion is that either your style can be sloppy or your trucks can be sloppy but the two are mutually exclusive.  Unfortunately, in my case, the slop gets used up by my lack of skill and subsequent style. 

I am a relatively big dude and I took a fresh start start with these trucks and initially had the nut barely "loosened" onto the bolt.  This worked great until I hit some bigger tranny and got tossed in a few rather embarrassing wheel bite incidents.  I have gradually un-loosened them to the point that they still carve well enough for me but the wheel bite is minimal.  I haven't tried any of the greasing the board tricks or adopting a smoother style. 

I have a kick turn that's to be feared.

[bailgun]

rub some wax on your wheelbite areas. then instead of your wheel stopping in wheelbite, it just gets slowed down a bit.

[Stabby_McShiv]

Thanks I'll give it a shot.  I am amazed that I have never thought to do that. Ok, maybe more embarrassed and less amazed.

Hopefully it works because I was actually kind of bummed that I had to keep un-loosening the nut.  They felt so good really loose but the board stopping wheel bite sucked.

[dtotherob]

+1 for the wax comment.  i've been riding 57-58mm wheels for years and with loose trucks, it's a must.  mine are loose to where they shake and rattle. the kingpin is even a bit wobbly.  if you are worries about losing your nuts, try threading the nylon part first.  then they shouldn't loosen off.

[bailgun]

and ditch the cupwasher on your baseplate, too.

[Stabby_McShiv]

I am not running a cup washer against the baseplate, I just have the one on the top bushing.  If you are suggesting removing that one as well so that I don't have any washers then that would be a new one for me.

With Indys I always removed the bottom washer when I swapped in Bones bushings but the Theeves come stock with Bones and they don't even bother with a washer on the bottom bushing.  That's how I have always rolled.