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We're talking about skateboarding parts and maintenance. Today we're going to talk about
truck maintenance. Tightening and loosing the trucks is important to having your complete
skateboard adjusted to your preferred settings. Tighter trucks means it's harder to turn looser
trucks means it's easier to turn. To tighten trucks use the appropriate size wrench turn
the nut on top of the king pin truck in a clockwise position. Turning it in a clockwise
position will tightening the trucks and cause them more resistant to turning. Loosing the
trucks will provide opposite effect making them looser and easier to turn. The most important
thing is having your trucks almost equally balance but some people prefer differences
in their trucks. I for example like to ride my back trucks slightly tighter than my front
trucks, the front trucks do more of the turning so having a looser front truck means I can
turn easier by leaning without having to always use the tail. Most importantly make sure your
trucks are about as loose or even as each other. You can do this by backing the nuts
completely off and inserting them and counting the number of rotations you made on the actual
nut.