Surfing Dirt Mountainboarding

….and inside it I found a lot of this:

But after a little digging I am happy to report that the box also contained all this:

….a perfectly dissected TomKirkman Pro100 straight from the MBS headquarters in Colorado Springs.

Luckily I inspected all the bags closely before tossing them out, because one of them contained some loose hardware that I was pretty sure I was going to need later.

…and MBS was courteous enough to send all the tools necessary to assemble this beautiful beast…….
….including a fancy adjustable wrench in lieu of the home-made looking wrench that used to come with the boards. Nice one MBS.

….and a bit of literature for the inexperienced board builder just in case….

..which ironically enough didnt have any info on the new trucks, but hey who reads manuals anyways?

….my assistant and were ready to get to work putting this bad mofo together.

Once you have them started by hand you just need to slide your wrench in through the front opening to hold the nut in place while you finish the job with your other hand.

Dont forget to double check that they are all tight.

Glad I hang on to these:

I laid everything out to make sure we had the correct number of bearings and spacers

I started by turning the board on its side and sliding one bearing on to the first truck, then the spacer then the hub/tire combo, followed by the final outside bearing. Repeat this step with all four tires. ….

The reason i decided to do it this way is because when dealing with the Rockstar Pros it seems that the bearings are hard to get in there but seem to fall out easily if you even tilt the tire sideway.

Be careful when lining them up, especially if you are putting the hubs/bearings together before putting them on the board because if the bearing goes in a little off-axis its a real bitch to get back out.

When I went to mount the bindings I decided to put it a little more snowboard stance and angle my leading foot a little towards the nose.

I did this by putting the toeside screwin the second slot and the heelside one in the first. I think I learned that in a Jon Diurba tutorial if Im not mistaken.

Then I screwed her in tight using my monsterous thumbnail to get an extra bit of leverage. Then set the back binding at a regular perpendicular position(up and down).

…..next up: Putting some SOUL into my ride

 

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Tags: mbs, mbs pro100, mountainboard, tk pro, tom kirkman, tom kirkman pro model

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