what does it mean when u dial in a scooter

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boostbusa

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My son is 12 and talks to all the local riders at the skate park in our area they all have been talking about ( dialing there scooter in ) can someone exsplain to me what this means I just built his scooter below are the components we used


Proto Orion 5"x21"
cane creek sealed headset
blunt striper bars
proto senior forks threadless
eagle sport solid wheels
Rush titanium ceramic bearings
pheonix grenade clamp
 
parrish

parrish

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it means that everything on the scooter is completely tight and solid. and it doesn't rattle at all. a good way of checking is dropping your scooter from like 2 feet in the air, it should sound like a basketball when it lands if its dialed
 
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boostbusa

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very greatfull for that ok one more question son rode it for about 3 hrs last night after I built it the compression system has become loose again it started out very little titeness on the system to begin with is this a sign that the bearings have become broke in and settled in place now and I know I need to re tighten it again will this continue happening I have never had this happen on his Bmx bikes when I have done this with similar headsets and compression systems
 
parrish

parrish

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when the bars are off, spin it, and see how much it goes around, it should be able to spin about 270-360 degrees, because when the weight of the bars are added it will spin a lot more, also use some locktite on the threads
 
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boostbusa

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parrish said:
when the bars are off, spin it, and see how much it goes around, it should be able to spin about 270-360 degrees, because when the weight of the bars are added it will spin a lot more, also use some locktite on the threads
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locktite is not the solution I can exsplain why locktite is used for closed sealed situations it is not designed for an axle or clamp situation the proper way to ensure a bolt is not going to come loose is to use schlack it is a valve cover schlack used to seal up valve covers and stays sticky regardless to oil and water this is what we use on his clamp and axles this is a perfect solution to resolve the problems of screws coming loose the schlack stays tacky no matter what and you use laquer thinner to clean it off
 
Bennett_J

Bennett_J

Steel Member
The bolt that starts in the middle of the Grenade is coming loose from the starnut in his fork, you need to re-tighten this
 
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skooterdood32

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Your 12 year old son rides a 5 by 21 Orion?! Holy.... Does he have like size 13 feet?!
Or is this scooter really for you? Just wondering
 
ConnorD

ConnorD

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boostbusa said:
locktite is not the solution I can exsplain why locktite is used for closed sealed situations it is not designed for an axle or clamp situation the proper way to ensure a bolt is not going to come loose is to use schlack it is a valve cover schlack used to seal up valve covers and stays sticky regardless to oil and water this is what we use on his clamp and axles this is a perfect solution to resolve the problems of screws coming loose the schlack stays tacky no matter what and you use laquer thinner to clean it off
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That is the biggest run on sentence I've ever seen. Not usually a grammar nazi here but wow lol.
And it might be rattling because the headset is standard, so after a little bit it will move further in, and it will keep doing so until it's sitting in all the way. Just keep tightening the headset until you don't have to anymore.
 
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