Skateboard bushings?

[Tops*]

So my front end link bushings are pretty much gone.

I was wondering if I could use Doh-Doh skateboard bushings in place.
http://www.shortysinc.com/shortys_raw_11.05/OG_Hardware/images/Doh_top.jpg
Buying 4 of the bottom bushings would work, don't you think? Under $10.
I saw a pic of someone (I want to say yarou) using Doh-Doh's which inspired me to do the same.

The reason being...

I ordered new bushings for $9 something from PDM-Racing a week and a half ago, but I never received them. It said on the site that all orders under $20 would be charged a "service fee" which I didn't care about. So I called them to see what was going on with my order and they told me that since my order was under $20, they voided it :confused:

I checked with the Nissan dealer and they said they'd have to order the part from Cali and get it shipped all the way over here to Michigan (lady told me a week). Not to mention the total would be around $20 and the I believe they're rubber.

The noise over every lil' bump in the road is annoying as shit.

[adrians_s13]

lol.... isn't doh-doh owned by shortys? I thought shortys went outa business? I dunno, haven't been in the skateboarding business since highschool

[k's_silvia2.0]

Yea i recalled seeing that as well and no shortys has not gone out of business they just dont have Muska.

[IIIXziuR]

Yeah Hank (Yarou) did this on his S12 Build-up.
I thought it was neat, give it a shit bro

And Hell Yes to skateboarding back in the day, I used to shred the pavement as well

[Tops*]

Yeah, skateboarding...def. good times back then (middle school for me).

I've since moved on to snowboarding. I can't wait for this season to get started.

Well, looks like I'm off to the skate shop :2f2f:

[extra-made garage]

That's worth a try. I even thought of making engine mounts with skate wheels.

[2iv0 sx]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/nenhenry/summer%20project/IMG_3876.jpg

[ManoNegra]

That's worth a try. I even thought of making engine mounts with skate wheels.

Don't see the need. Plenty of option exist and if money is an issue then there's the true-and-tried window sealant route.

[rainier]

Yeah, skateboarding...def. good times back then (middle school for me).

I've since moved on to snowboarding. I can't wait for this season to get started.

Well, looks like I'm off to the skate shop :2f2f:

why not have both on one board? check out freebord.com got mine a while back and it rocks. i cant hit downhill speeds like those guys but carving and sliding is siick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQ6Kg15hQ8

[rainier]

didn't mean to thread jack either!

good luck with the doh dohs

[yarou]

Haha, I'm glad you liked my idea. I'd probably get some kind of aftermarket urethane bushing if I were you though since the hardness of the skate bushings are questionable. If you wanna try though, definitely get the black doh dohs and tell us how it goes. A 10 dollar experiment won't hurt

[Omarius Maximus]

polyurethane tends to bind or disintigrate over time. I'd just find harder rubber bushings ala nismo.

[projekt_s13]

why not have both on one board? check out freebord.com got mine a while back and it rocks. i cant hit downhill speeds like those guys but carving and sliding is siick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQ6Kg15hQ8

that looks so fucken fun, too bad i cant snowboard. lol

[Andrew Bohan]

yeah they invented car parts for a reason


and that reason is...


wait for it...



to use them on cars

[Farzam]

I've got a stockpile of endlink bushings apparently.

Get the black ones, I think they're the hardest...ask the guy at the skateshop.

Different colors=different hardnesses.

[s13coupedrfter]

I had a buddy in H.S. do this back in 93 on his old celica, said it worked great!

[az_240]

Ive got the red ones on my skateboard!!!!

[Farzam]

All you fools needing skatebo- I mean endlink bushings...

I probably have about 200000000000000000000000000000000000.

Just FYI

[Tops*]

rainier: A buddy of mine actually has a freebord. They're fun, but Michigan is flatter than a pancake so no hills to ride down. Plus, I'm a park rat and don't freeride much (there's nothing special about freeriding in Michigan). PLUS...the car. :2f2f:

I actually haven't had a chance to drive my car since last evening. Don't worry, I drive my car a lot. A few of my buddies and I got crunkkk Canada style. I'm recovering today...

The Doh-Doh's replaced the rubber bushings really nicely though. I hope it drives just as well. The skate shop I went to didn't carry the black ones so I had to settle for the white (98 hardness) ones.

[BustedS13]

why not have both on one board? check out freebord.com got mine a while back and it rocks. i cant hit downhill speeds like those guys but carving and sliding is siick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmQ6Kg15hQ8

SICK.

i need to lose some weight.

[ixfxi]

yeah they invented car parts for a reason


and that reason is...


wait for it...



to use them on cars



ahhah fucking awesome

[k's_silvia2.0]

So its for sure that theyll work?Would you use them on top and bottom?
Cause I as well got about 250,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

[Tops*]

So its for sure that theyll work?Would you use them on top and bottom?
Cause I as well got about 250,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Yup, top and bottom. That's what I did. I don't see why they wouldn't work.

[k's_silvia2.0]

Can some one please cofirm it from personal experience?

[az_240]

theyll work.... look at the pic... they fit fine

[k's_silvia2.0]

^Cant see the bottom one?Is that even an S-chassi in that pic?

[snappy]

yeah they invented car parts for a reason


and that reason is...


wait for it...



to use them on cars

I agree, why worry if they're gonna fail, just buy parts that are for cars.

[yarou]

^Cant see the bottom one?Is that even an S-chassi in that pic?

My pic? With the red doh-doh? It's just an s12, the rear shocks are mounted by a single bolt with some bushings so I used doh-doh's from my old skateboard. Totally different concept than the OP's question, but it seems to be just fine. Here's the rear susp I was talking about

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/nenhenry/summer%20project/IMG_3874.jpg

and this is the picture of the top of the shock with the doh-doh as a bushing


http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/nenhenry/summer%20project/IMG_3876.jpg

[ThatGuy]

Guys have used Hockey Pucks to make engine mounts too.

Just because it (kinda) works, doesn't mean it should be done.

Props to Yarou for ingenuity and all, but you guys can get damn near ANY PART for S13's now-a-days. Just buy the right parts.