Randals rattling?

Hi guys. I just took off my randals to put in some new bushings and change my board from topmount to drop thru. When I put it back on the board and started riding I noticed there was rattling every time I leaned either heelside or toeside. I already checked my bearings so I am at a loss. Please help

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Brady Lane on June 4, 2011 at 15:44

Tighten your bolts?

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on June 4, 2011 at 15:53

check your pivot cups?

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Permalink Reply by Kuhan Peru on June 4, 2011 at 16:04

what do you mean check the pivot cups?

and ive already tried to tighten the bolts but thanks anyway

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on June 4, 2011 at 16:16

where the hanger pivots on the baseplate opposite to the bushings and kingpin, make sure the plastic cup in the baseplate is not worn out

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Permalink Reply by Kuhan Peru on June 4, 2011 at 17:07

what does it look like when it is worn out?

It looks the same as another set of trucks i have

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on June 4, 2011 at 17:16

its only an idea, not saying that it is the problem, grab your wheels and move them up and down and see if the pivot pin is sloppy in the cup, if the problem has only started since you pulled the trucks apart it could be a totally different problem

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Permalink Reply by Kuhan Peru on June 4, 2011 at 17:24

oh ok, i just cheked and it seemed normal

but once i pulled it out i found the part of the trucks around the kingpin was rusted and i couldnt fit the kingpin back in so I asked a friend and he advised me to file it down a bit so it would slide in to the slot. Could this be the problem?

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on June 4, 2011 at 17:35

possibly, that could be it, can you post photos, it would be so much easier to give you advice if I could see it

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Owen on June 4, 2011 at 17:41

also if you run your trucks super loose you will find that as your washers will sometimes rattle as the bushings compress and allow them to move about tighten you bushings a half or so turn and it may fix it.

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Permalink Reply by Jacob Manning on June 4, 2011 at 18:30

just flip the kingpin around usually works

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Permalink Reply by Kuhan Peru on June 4, 2011 at 19:35

wenu say flip the kingpin around do you mean like turn it because i saw that on another thread and have tried every possible way the kingpin fits into the truck and still nothing. I usually wouldnt worry its justthat its quite loud and makes a grinding noise like somethings gonna break