I recommend trying a soft and hard bushing combo. One hard on the bottom and a soft one at the top. The hard will keep you stable on tricks and going fast while the soft will help you carve and turn when needed. Love the reviews keep it up :)

Thanks, man, great video. Gotta love a straight to the point review that doesn't have a vlog in it.

that park is beautiful. love it surrounded by trees and flowers. looks so chill. I wish my local park was like that

Any skater 180lbs+ should be skating bones hard core. It was a damn god send for me :)

super good skater and human

Love watching you skate you're soo talented! I might get the hard bones bushings as I like tighter trucks!

The sound comes from the plastic top of the roadside bushing rubbing against the skinny black washer that was supplied with the bushings. All you have to do is rub wax on both of the contact surfaces of those pieces. I just figured that out. Took a bright flashlight and stared at those pieces while using my hands to depress either side of the truck, and I could see them slip against each other in a way that matchs the sound of the creaking. My trucks are silent now. Riptide pivot cups sure are sweet, in my opinion. Skate or die; scooters suck.

They're pretty good bushings, i purchased the hard versions!!

I have just recently purchased bones bushings for my indys as I seem to keep fracturing the Indy bushings regardless of stiffness in a very short period of time. Although it has only been a couple of weeks, I have been super impressed with how they feel, the responsiveness and their durability thus far.

love your videos

If you want to increase stability of your bones bushings use the top washer of your original bushings for the base of your new bones bushing.

Powell Hardcore Bushings are the best. I have been riding them since they came out about 15 years ago! I use an Indy bottom bushing on the top on my rear truck for stability and normal setup in the front and as loose as I can handle it for carving bowls and hard turns etc.

just ordered these babies can't wait to try em

BEAUTIFUL LOOKING PARK

I rode the softs and they fell apart on me. The inserts separated from the bushing. To their credit skate one replaced them promptly and even gave me mediums when I requested them instead of the softs. I put the mediums in all my trucks and have zero issues. Imo an improvement over the junk bushings that come stock on most trucks

Hi again from Sydney Australia, Thanks for the information I do appreciate your help with many things skateboarding.

NIce clean delivery and presentation. Liked the vid. Keep up the good work. Namaste!

I'm doing the exact same thing with my dad's indy trucks that have just sat in the attic for the past 15 years.

Independent trucks are my fav but have always hated the stock bushings. Used to throw hard shortys in mine but now use the bones.

I grate some wax with a cheese grater and put the wax dust between all the contact points of the bushings and in the pivot cup. This was 6 months ago. Not a sound yet. Also it makes the trucks a little more loose so you can tighten the bolt down more.

Thank you

Grooved trucks😎

nice! they come with a lil washer now(washers are for relieving stress) i never ran metal washers with mine in the past which would promote their degeneration. Even that little bit they give now will prolong the life of these bushings. Trust me they break in people.......i did what he thought in 1 week......got the softs and boy were they......in 1 month depending on the amount of skating. they will soften up and the urethane and retainer will adapt to your riding style and soften up....only problem is specific to the med urethane it keeps getting softer in 1m from new softer, 3m even softer 6m softer.....so they gradually get softer after 6m range they are over progressing into softness but just letting buyers know from 1 week-1month they already change drastically.....so if you favor how thye feel in that 1m window....id highly suggest going for the bones hards bc after being broken in or even into 6+months of use they wind up feeling like brand new or the 1wk-1month range bones meds......just saying and if were talking indys strictly they now make their own aftermarket bushings, (conicals) mimic the bones hardcores from a riding style aesthetic. While not diminishing. 92a(med hard) feel like bones med(broken in) and the 94a(hards) feel like the bones hards if they never get soft over time. I happen to favor the bones meds brand new feeling so i run a combo of 92a under my nut, and 94a under my hanger. Its also nice bc i get to use a washer for consistency vs the bones where at any given time 1 plastic retainer will have its lip crack from the nut......or the urethane from the bushing gets separated from the plastic retainer so much that there is a lack of contingency with the bushings or functionality which is why i only use them for my thunders now and stick with indy conicals with my indys.

Hey ben! nice youtube channel, Loving the content

It would be cool to see a comparison video with bones to stock bushings. I’m wondering which brand of trucks the bushings work best on

bro his board is so satisfying

Rumor has it BONES bushings split, I hope not. I put a set in my VENTURES and the Pop & Turning has upgraded.

I wish that bushings came with the hanger coupling too tho

Same trick applies for installing aftermarket poly bushings in your car: if you don't like the squeaks, use a little white lithium grease on the contact surfaces. Enjoy the silence.

Looks like a beautiful place to skate. My one gripe about Bones bushings is that the bottom bushing blows out in less than six months, usually less. To try to rectify that problem got a set of hards to use the hard ones on the bottom and medium on top. The hard was very difficult to skate at first but feel good now that they are broken in. Mediums feel good day one, but hards need to be broken in in my experience. My current bushing setup is still going well, I'm hoping that the hard on bottom lasts longer for me. On an older pair of trucks I probably would have swapped out the pivot cups too, they are only a few bucks usually. Probably not necessary but I have become very particular about my setup as time goes on. I'm almost 30 and having everything right on my setup is necessary, skateboarding is one of the few things I get enjoyment out of sometimes so I don't want to deal with nonsense like loose hardware, etc. Your video about thunders vs indies and wheel bases has got me thinking now. I currently have thunders but if indies would be better for the decks I ride that could be worth investigating. I wish all retailers had wheelbase dimensions posted on deck descriptions as well as a picture of the side of the deck to be able to see the concavity. One other important measurement is nose and tail length; I bought a deck a year or two back that the nose was shorter than the tail and unless you're skating a shaped deck that is not ideal. I skate 8.75 and 8.8 decks so I buy online and sometimes there are nasty surprises like that when it arrives. Also, pants should have pocket depth/size dimensions listed as well to make sure phones will fit comfortably inside the front pockets.

The bushings on my board that i got from a friend who got it from his sister has solid hard plastic bushings

Great video man! only when you tighten your hardware you'd just want to use the sscrewdriver to hold the hardware as you tighten with the tool otherwise you won't do much. keep shredding bro love your videos!

Get some new audio equipment and your vids will be golden

Skated mine for 2 weeks. Did a fs flip and the front bushing broke n shot off 🤧. I had em before tho but that never happened till now.

Do these bushings change your indy's geometry?

Rookie question,.......... so what's the difference between med and hard bushings? I'm looking to replace the ones on my longboard so just for cruising . So do I go Hard or Med?

If you want the geometry on indys to be as close to stock as possible run that washer under the bottom bushing

Your brother's footage in mosaic is sick. Watched that video this morning actually.

Mine exploded so I decided to try independent bushings and they are amazing independent is really recommend to anyone that has had bones expload on them

I skate the softs i love em

Honestly I would still use the washers. I mean when they guys at the Powell peralta factory set up my board they put the washers on with them.

Crayon shavings are good to stop the pivot cup and bushings from squeaking.

I went straight in with the blue (soft) I’m just learning to skate and find them amazing for riding bowls. Although I did start to get a bit of wheel bite after buying spitfire 54mm formula four conical after coming from 52mm. But a simple 1mm soft riser pad soon took care of that. Are we ever going to see a Ben vs Ted game of skate?

that pinch. : O

Just put these bushings on my board today will skate tomorrow

Best bushings

I use baby powder for squeaking trucks..really helps

Good stuff man. I saw this video and got bones bushings as well. I went with the hard. When you said you should’ve gone with the “loose ones” did you mean the soft? These hard bones ones feel tight tighter than the stock bushings I blew out

🔥grinds Ben

I weight 210lbs if I don't put hard bushing in I would be flying all the time. I do like my trucks a little bit tight but not to tight. So wen I turn I still have my maximum rotation. But I've seen people with like 10 to 20 lbs less weighing then me. And not being able to turn on hard ones. So I would reckon to either try different bushing skate it a couple days. Then either slowely go up or down in duro. And stick with that forever.

Hey Ben, whereabouts in Canada are you located? Looks like you have some nice spots/park.

I see only regular skateboarders reviewing these bushings. Anyone knows if they're any good for longboarding as well?

does the core keep you from tiightening them down at a certain point when you bottom out the core?

Use wax on the bushings and every metal part that contacts the rubber. Gets rid of the squeak and makes some trucks (thunders) feel way looser.

Nice crooked grinds! Iv got NOTHING on grinding. I need to practice. All the years i skated i only did flatground flip tricks

I have had a lot of problems with bones bushings in the past. The hard ones are too hard and make your bolt fall off, the mediums are good for I would say 3 months before the plastic part goes into the bushing and messes it up and the soft just straight CRACK in half and the bushing breaks and it inoperable. Idk if I'm the only person this has happened to, but I gave them second and third chances

Do the bones mediums feel alot stiffer compaired to the stock indy bushings?

I skate them without the washers as I’ve never found a pair that doesn’t click on turning with them installed... Also after a bit of skating the hard feel like mediums and the mediums like sorts anyway as they soften up lol

1:51 I saw that coming..

my indy bushings were cracked as I bought them. now board doesn't go straight I can't ollie without going sideways

The Etnies Marana are on clearance at SportChek

Should I get bones bushings or indys for my indys trucks? And should I get hard or soft ?

Hi Ben!I want to get this bushings,should i replace them with the stock thunder bushings(the yellow ones)?

anything wrong with dipping your bushings in motor oil before putting the trucks together? Seems to eliminate all squeaking and creaking permanently

Og Indy bushings are the best

I'm gonna send you a microphone great videos man

Hey I'm in Vancouver too!

Hey Ben is Ted Degros who you are referring to being your brother?

I used this Bones Hardcore Medium Bushings on my Independent 149 Stage 11 trucks and they lasted 4-5 sessions, the base bushing started to tear and gave in to the trucks, basically broken and trucks lost stability to control. Happen to a friend ofmine too using the Soft Bones Hardcore Bushings too, he too was using Independent Stage 11 trucks, Grant it, the bushing felt awesome the first few sessions but they broke(tore) too fast and early, makes me wonder if these bushing even fit Independent Stage 11 trucks. Not sure about the Hard ones tho..... Ps: I can see how a 1 day review can be misleading to a potential buyer for this product

what park is this

I think these are great bushings, as are most things made by Powell. George Powell (along with Paul Schmidt) are some serious skateboard engineers when it comes to product and the things they create. Bones bushings along with Thunder bushings are really the only ones that have what construed as good and noticeable "rebound" the moving of the truck to it's original position after turning. I ride Independent trucks and have to switch out those bushings every time, they are the worst and don't last.

3 years later. Did you keep buying the same brand bushings??? Been skating 10 years but haven't found bushings i love yet

Have you tried these with low trucks? I find they only fit right with highs

ten out of ten ign

Bought a pair of 149 indy titaniums did a kickflip and broke the stock bushings straight away lol might try these

I don't use the washers that come with it, I use my stock cup washers. Does it work better with the flat black one's that come with them?

bones or independent bushings, Which one is the best?

I don't understand ... I bought bones medium bushings for my indy trucks standard 139mm stage 11. When I install all, I just put the high washer, but the kingpin nut touches when I grind, so it break it... WHAT CAN I DO PLEASE

You mention your brother, does he skate too?

What park is this????

Y u skate such loose trucks actually curious as I like mine tight

used to love em but the bottom plastic would often crack for me. im around 180lb

Great video! Can you tell me which stage Indys you're using in the video? I've bought a set of the same bushings, but am not sure if they'll fit my stage 10 mids.

I've never even heard of oiling the pivot cups. What did you use? Just speed cream / bearing lube? Enjoying your vids, btw. Just found you via a recommendation by a friend.

do they not come with pivot cups?

What oil do you use in the pivot cups for sqwauking

a big no no for bones bushing. the mediums take as much time to break in as an actual pair of trucks, and the fact that it's two pieces for a part of the bushing (i.e. the bushing is the white rubber part plus a yellow ring on top (blue for soft and blac for hard)) makes it crack after a while. the soft ones lasted me 1 session at a manny spot in Montreal. Medium lasted maybe half a year. I ride indys so now i just buy the indy bushings its one piece so no random cracking between mating parts

is it really a difference with different bushings ?

Will these fit in the new venture hi?

Did the Bones bushings help with das pinch?

The bushings i use are the BONES BUSHINGS DOUBLE ACTION IN BLACK. BONES bushings are the BEST,HANDS DOWN🤙🏽🤘👍

3:44 sounded like a dog

Which bones bushings are good loose or medium

hey ben what park is this?

I want those 8 pice

I had some mediums that broke in less than a month

How can you tell which is bottom or top? Or does it not matter?

i like the Performance of the Bushings, but the Sound they make in Turns, are annoying! :) this sqeeze? Sound is not the issue, but that Krackingnoise that appearse in turns. i always thought my board is cracked or delaminatet! (i covered that Problem with oil. but i guess, it wears out the Bushings faster than normal.) Im as old as You... so i think it will take a while. XD great work. ist interessting to watch you, by conquering the same issues like me!!! that struggle to being old. ;)

Dont even use that top washer g, the creaking will stop the second you take it off

Mine broke in a week and are not useable did I just get a bad batch or is this how they all are