How to flip a Randal

A video demonstrating the flipping of a Randal longboard truck.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Randal
• truck
• longboarding
• skateboarding

[SteveCsf]

Whether it damages the plate depends on your kingpin's thread-depth.

New Randals come with a short amount of thread, and they're good either way.

[SteveCsf]

-Some- kingpins are stronger that way, it depends on how much thread they have cut into them. You want the last thread (weakest point) as far from where it exits the baseplate (the stress point) as possible.

It's important for old randal pins, and non randal 2.5" bolts.

it also helps preserve the baseplate as it's not exposed to the teeth-like thread.

It can however expose the kingpin too much to the road-side, particularly with 3" kingpins and flipped hangers...

[HExtab12]

Works if you swap the bushings too its even better for me or if your board is shorter

[SteveCsf]

@HExtab12 While this does kinda work, I'd recommend getting 42* base-plates instead

[jerkinboy95]

@SteveCsf

What if u don't flip the pin because your riding with no threads showing? will that still mess up your baseplate?

[jerkinboy95]

@gremis321

You probably just suck at riding, speed wobble has little to do with ur trucks. It's mostly about your stance and skill.

[7PinkFloyd7]

Yeah, what exactly does flipping the kingpin do? I was a bit unclear on that, does it ride better?

[AHNSushi0312]

So when your flip the trucks, it gets better for downhill?

[devilspawn2479]

could u flip randal 180s with a 42 degree baseplate?

[MyChemicalJasper483]

awesome beard

[MrForever23]

@MrJojogunther

This will lower you ride height about a .25" so be careful of wheel bite.