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My skateboard is always turning left a lot!

My skateboard is always turning left a lot!

I know how to steer and are confident on my friends board, but mine has always turned left, like all the time!!!!! It sucks cause it means that I can't go on footpaths cause it goes off after a second, and I can't go to the skate park!!!! Please help me!!!!

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bert [Entry]

"I hate it when mine does that! messes up my ollie and my Pop Shuvit fur shur! I gotta bail. Actually I'm a true Poseur.

If your skateboard is constantly turning or leaning towards the left or the right, there are a couple of possible causes. The most likely ones are either the bushings in your trucks, or your hardware.

Bushings are the hard, rounded plastic pieces in your trucks that squash down in the direction you are turning. They give varying levels of flexibility (usually measured in hardness such as - hard, medium or soft) to the turning capability of your trucks.

Your bushings could be a bit squashed on one side, this can happen when you are turning in one direction a lot. If this is the case, try and lean on the other side a bit, even if you aren't actually skating. This should even them up a bit. This tends to happen when a set of bushings are still fairly new. It can last for a couple of days up to a couple of weeks, it just depends how much you are skating.

Another possibility is that your bushings could be damaged. If there are cracks in them, it's a good sign that this could be the cause. You will probably need to replace them if this is the case.

The hardware I am referring to here is the set of bolts that hold your trucks to the board and your kingpin which runs through your truck and bushing.

It may simply be a case of your kingpin being a bit too loose or not quite set straight, in this case you will either need to tighten it up, or straighten it up.

It is also possible that some of the bolts may not be done up tight enough and the truck is twisting slightly. You should just need to tighten up the loose bolts. Most of the time it will sit straight simply by threading the bolts through the holes in the board and the truck, but sometimes there is a bit of wiggle room that can put them slightly out if the bolts are a little loose."
bert [Entry]

Say for instance U have a crap Walmart skateboard that typically does that … Wd-40 the heck out of the bearings and maybe try buffing ur wheels with sandpaper for grip that worked for me
bert [Entry]

"Hi there skatehomies,

I recently bought a new deck and a pair of trucks. They’re from an unknown brand called Iron, because my cheap ass didn’t want to pay the full price for indy’s, but the guy in the skateshop assured me they were good. In the beginning it was horrible to skate them, they kept getting stuck to the side I last leaned on. After a while it was only to right side, I’m goofy. Leaning on the other side or skating switch did not help. It got so bad I returned to the skateshop and they gave me a new pair of bones hardcore medium bushings. I really like them and no turning to one side until after two hours of skating same thing again, my board keeps turning to the right. I’ve tightened the hardware, replaced the bearing and the problem still occurs. It’s very annoying, throws me off balance. I don’t really know what to do. I also don’t wanna break the new bushings. Anybody who can help?"
bert [Entry]

I ride regular on my board it keeps veering off to the left all time I crashed idk how many but I tighten the bolts nuts n everything but it just seems to not get the hint