It’s not that big of a problem tbh. If you have a grinder I’d just do it. Better than dealing with exchanging products. Also since you’ve already painted them it’s likely useless to them now.
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Yeah, it’s just too bad since the Enertion Trucks cost $30 more than Caliber 2’s and now I didn’t get anything extra for the money. I bought them to avoid using a grinder 
Where is the picture from the facebook post from? I don’t see it on this thread. https://www.facebook.com/Electric.Skateboard.Builders/posts/852808048188035
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Yep, 2 front trucks. Btw, since when do they make em in black??
do you have a dremel? It can save you a couple weeks of RMA hassle and return shipping…
take about 7mm of aluminum off of that hanger for each pulley and you’ll be fine. I’m doing Evolve pulleys in this video which need more removed, but the enertion pulleys only need the width of a regular skate bearing removed from the hanger.
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If u have access to a lathe be much more enjoyable and precisely doable
lathes are definitely nicer. I’ve raised dremelling these things to an art form but a lathe would be so much easier.
How many bent hangers has anyone come across that have been modified like this or even unmodified? I guess doing this doesn’t add too much leverage to become a problem but I want to cut it down 30mm and add a 101mm wheel. More than curious how it will go. I don’t think the cutting the aluminum off is the issue its more so increasing the span on the wheel side that is unsupported. So there’s the bearing that sits in the pulley which is at the new fulcrum and it now has an extra 7mm long axle and it’s leverage it has to deal with. So doesn’t matter really the cutting but how about the 101 long wheel I’m planning to make. ? Typical wheels are offset a bit adding a bit longer lever but 101mm complete distance from the fulcrum to end of lever/wheel is long.
I just tried to cut with a hacksaw. I have 2 problems. Is the newly exposed area supposed to have lines in it (I’ll post a picture)? Also, have I ruined it by cutting into the axel? Here are a few pictures:
yikes. I’ll say just get new trucks at this point, you cut too far. This was why I also got the trucks from Enertion.
Yeah. I cut 7mm in but then too far into the axel. This is why I got the enertion trucks
Sorry for opening this old thread. You can just smoothen that out like longhairedboy did in his video. I have the same problem as you and its really annoying that i have to modify it cuz i have no choice, i bought the enertion trucks cuz it comes with a longer axle.There’s no point of me returning it as its too expensive and ive used it already.
Also how did you cut across without cutting into the rest of the trucks? Im planning on using a hacksaw just like you did in my school. I dont have the tools cuz im only 14
I just cut all the way around in a circle and kept checking to see shiny metal. Then I tried prying the loose piece off with a flat head screwdriver, and eventually it popped off. It was a lot of trial and error and just hoping for the best lol. Let me know if you have any other questions, because I fixed my mistake as well
Im just gonna ask my teacher to do it for me and most likely my school will have a dremel laying around
My Gull wings look like that, a little smoother , but to the same place on the axle. I’ve been riding like that for about six months. I did it out of desperation, but I have kept it because it works.
I used a metal file.
Sorry but what is an „axel“? Someones name?