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- The variable steering control screw can be adjusted to increase or decrease the front steering tension
according to the weight of the user. Use a socket wrench to do this properly.
Clean your skateboard with a soft, moist cloth after each use. You should also clean the bearings regularly
using a soft, moist cloth and grease them periodically. Exchange if necessary. Wheels have to be replaced
when worn down. Remove any burs and ridges that can occur through usage to prevent injuries.
IMPORTANT
Choose to skateboard a place, which allow you to improve your skills, not on pavements or street, where
serious accidents have happened to skateboarders and other people.
Children under eight years of age should be supervised at all times when skateboarding.
Learn everything slowly including new tricks. When losing balance don’t walk until you fall, step off end
start again. Ride slopes where your speed is only as fast as you can run off the board without falling.
Most serious skateboard injuries are broken bones so learn to fall (by rolling if possible) without the
skateboard first. Skateboarders who starting to learn should try with a friend or parent. Most bad accidents
happen in the first month.
Before you jump off a skateboard watch where it may go to because it could injure someone else.
Avoid skateboarding on wet or uneven surfaces. Join a club in your area and learn more. It is unsafe if
changing the product because self-locking units and other self-locking fixings might lose their effectiveness.
ADJUSTING THE TRUCKS
Turn the skateboard upside-down on a flat surface.
Using an adjustable wrench:
- Turn each nut clockwise for a stiff setting, this will provide greater stability.
- Turn each nut counter-clockwise for a loose setting, this will provide greater steering control.
Important – Check to be sure you have not loosened the trucks too much! You should not need to loosen
the nut more than a few turns for a loose setting.
REMOVING WHEELS
The easiest way to do this is with a skate tool, or a 1/2“ socket wrench. If your wheels use spacers, make
sure to keep them for when you put wheels back onto your skateboard.
Next, place the wheel back on the skateboard truck‘s axle, but just barely. You want to hook the tip of the
axle inside the bearings, only letting it touch the bearing and not the wheel.
Now, slowly and gently, pry the wheel at a downward angle. The bearing should pop out of the wheel, but it
might not want to right away. If you pry too hard, you might damage the bearing.
HOW TO MAINTAIN BEARINGS
The first signs to maintain a bearing are noises or heavy spin of bearings. To save some money you should
maintain your bearings regularly.
Please follow the advice below:
- Disassemble the wheels from the truck
- Open the shields (if possible) with a needle
- Place the open bearings in a small container (e.g. Turbo Wash from POWERSLIDE) that is filled with citrus
cleaner or other cleaning liquids.
- Clean bearings carefully with a toothbrush
- Dry the cleaned bearings on a towel
- Grease the dry bearings with synthetic oil or other stuff
- Close the bearings again and assemble the bearings into the wheels.
How often do I have to maintain the bearings?
There is no general advise how often you should clean your bearings.
Dust, water and dirt can damage the honed and polished raceways and balls of a bearing and has influence
on the performance of the bearing and in the end on the speed of your skates. You can extend the lifetime
of your bearings through regular maintainance. It really depends on many factors how often you should
clean your bearings as you can see.
But please note that also rustproof bearings need to be maintained. Dust and dirt also damage the
raceways and balls of the bearing. The bearing just does not rust.
Please note: Always maintain your bearings after riding in wet conditions!
LIMITED WARRANTY
A 24-months warranty covering defects in material and workmanship is provided for the skateboards starting
from the date of purchase. During the warranty period it shall be at the discretion of POWERSLIDE to
decide whether to repair or replace any products found to be subject to defects in material or workmanship.
This warranty shall not include damage caused by:
- improper usage (e.g. jumps), usage for purposes other than those intended, negligent handling or normal
wear and tear
- external influences (e.g. impact against edges of curbs, rails, obstacles on road, etc.).
- improper attempts at repair or modifications.
- incorrect fitting of wheels, ball bearings, springs, boards and other hardware items.
Warranty Service
- Make sure you keep your receipt in a safe place – it is your proof of purchase. A copy of the receipt has to
be submitted with warranty claims. To do so, take the product and your receipt back to your dealer.
- Your skateboard dealer will inspect the product and then make a suggestion as regards to further action.
- Provided that the warranty period is not expired and that your dealer has decided that the problem has
been caused by a defect in material or workmanship, your skateboard will be either repaired or replaced
with an identical or equivalent model.
IMPORTANT
- This warranty only applies to initial purchasers and is limited to 24 months from the date of purchase from
the retailer. Make sure you keep your receipt as it is your proof of purchase.
Powerslide recommends you store this user manual in a safe place in case you need to refer to it in future.