How to Maintain YOW Meraki Surfskate Trucks (And Stop Squeaking!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video I show you how to maintain your YOW Meraki surfskate trucks. I cover how to take it apart and put it back together, replacing broken parts, cleaning, and lubricating.
VIDEO TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Tools & Ingredients You'll Need to Maintain YOW Meraki Surfskate Trucks
01:05 Disassembling the YOW Meraki Surfskate Truck
04:44 All the Moving Parts of the YOW Meraki Surfskate Truck
05:04 Where to Apply Grease Inside a YOW Meraki Surfskate Truck
05:31 YOW Meraki Maintenance Steps
08:18 Reassembling the YOW Meraki Surfskate Truck
12:01 How to Stop Your Pivot Cup From Squeaking
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thank you my friend, Yow should pay you for making these content!
I know, right? 😂
Important information on the washers and the bearings plus an easy trick for the spring.
The washers of each set are not identical, so it might be important to put them back in the correct order. Also the bearings (the rings with balls) are not symmetrical, they have a more open and a more closed side. Following is the factory set up: the more open side of each bearing is faced towards the deck, the more closed side of each bearing is faced towards the ground. I’m guessing that keeps lubrication better in place. Each set of washers has a washer with markings on it and a washer without marking on it. The washers with markings on them are closest together. Hope that makes sense, otherwise ask for more information.
To put back in the spring and washer/bearing set, hold the washer/bearing set on the tip of your fingers in one hand. Hold the spring in between fingers of your other hand. Angle the washer/bearing set a bit and slide the whole set at once inside the spring. Then put the whole thing on the axle.
Also I prefer lithium grease on these bearings. Speed cream or oil is gone in no time here at the beach. Some companies actually use grease on wheel bearings as well.
After fully tightening the main nut of the Meraki system, I loosen it just a tiny bit. Spring works better that way.
Would you recommend using marine grease on those wheel bearings? Im currently using lubrication oil but if grease can help prolong the bearing life then I'd definitely do it
@@muk8911 Wheel bearings vs Meraki bearings. As far as I understand it, grease is 80-90% oil combined with a thickening agent like for instance lithium or soap. This increases the viscosity of grease vs oil. That has benefits in certain applications. It stays in place better, keeps out dust better. In general, if bearings need to operate at higher speed (like wheel bearings) then oil is the preferred lubricant. Most manufacturers of wheel bearings use oil (something like speed cream). Some use grease. Loaded for instance, uses grease in their Jehu bearings. There is a slight trade-off I guess. Oil might give you a bit higher speed, but grease stays in place better and therefore lasts longer. In my opinion, wheel bearings are very easy and quick to lubricate. Loosen the wheel, pop out 1 bearing and put some oil on the inside of both bearings and put the bearing back in. So, I don’t mind doing that relatively often. Therefore on my wheel bearings I use oil. Speed is of little concern with respect to the Meraki system or the Smoothstar thruster. Opening them up is not something I want to do relatively often, especially in the case of a Smoothstar thruster. The bearings in both the Meraki system and the Smoothstar thruster have a fairly open design, so oil is not going to last very long and dust will get in easily. Therefore on those bearings I use grease. Lasts longer and provides more of a barrier against dust. I typically use lithium grease. Marine grease probably uses a different thickening agent (I’m just guessing here). The first time I opened up a Smoothstar thruster and looked at the needle bearings in there, they were bone dry and full of sand. Smoothstar’s official advise is to drip some oil in there without opening up the thruster. There is no way that is going to work. On a Smoothstar, just break warranty to service the needle bearings imo. In case of my YOWs, I opened up the Meraki system and put grease on the bearings before first use.
TLTR: probably oil on wheel bearings and probably grease on Meraki system and Smoothstar thruster
@@rvdt4ever Thanks for the explanation, really appreciate the info you gave and it make good sense on the Meraki bearings. I just checked and I do have Lithium grease and will grease the Meraki bearings :D cheers
@@rvdt4ever Thanks for taking the time to write this down, this is very helpful
Thanks a lot!
Very useful video. Thanks a lot Steve
Nice job! Thanks for the video.
Huge thanks to you again for another great vid Steve! Love what you’ve been doing for surf skater community so far 👍🏻👍🏻
Great video for YOW meraki trucks, welldone!
Just perfect, as usual!
I've bought my very first YOW board just a couple of hours ago. Man you're a wizard))) thank you for these great things you do!
Thank you sir!!!!🙏🏼
This is what I'm looking for! Thanks for the Video
Sweet! You're welcome!
Thanks Steve, for sharing such important and detailed information about the maintenance of the Yow Meraki, it will really add a lot to us, for future interventions. In case we have a Yow Meraki, one day! Good Vibes Brother!!!
Parabéns pelo trabalho 🇧🇷🤘
Great video..Thank you..👆
Thanks for the tip with the parafine in the pivot cup. Just got a yow board and it was squeaking really loud. Now it‘s completely quiet.
Спасибо огромное! Вы единственный человек, который нормально "от" и "до" описал сборку передней подвески. Слава богу, что я вас нашла! ❤
Thanks a Lottare, Steve! I bought a Yow Fanning and it squeaks. I've never opened a skate, but I think I will, sooner or later!
Interesting and valuable video! Good to know... I will share it, like your other videos "the truck overview" and "top 5 surfskate brands"... 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽😎
Great¡¡¡ I have a Pukas Yow and I was mad about the squeaks. Your solution works perfect¡¡ The squeaks was on the back track and it fixed just putting was in it. Thank you very much from Spain¡¡¡.
I am a 53 years old surfer, surfing from more than 35 years, and I just discover the surfskate last Christmas. Your videos are great for me.
You're the doctor! Needed this!
Awesome! Glad you found it.
Thanks man!
You are an absolute HERO!
Thanks, Paul! Your support is always very much appreciated. ❤️
@@SurfskateLove I literally had this EXACT issue and you've helped massively.
I ordered a custom Soulboardiy too 👀
Probably one of the most valuable and important videos to date! I remember being so intimidated the first time I took my Meraki apart to repair it.. I definitely could've benefitted from a video like this!
Thank you, Steve. I always put lithium grease in the meraki bearings. Sewing machine oil is perfect if you do it very regularly. But if it gets dried, the bearings will be damaged. Lithium grease last longer and works perfect.
Good to know. I read somewhere to not put lithium grease in bearings. But lots of different opinions out there.
@@SurfskateLove probably no so good for wheels bearing because it will reduce the speed but that’s not the case for those meraki bearing. They need to be lubricated to avoid friction.
Thanks for this "Maintenance Manual" - somehow Yow missed that😅
Thank you Steve!!! Can you please do a video about the Smoothstar truck? Thanks
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Such a great, helpful and professional how to. Amazing work. Thank you so much! Literally destroyed the smaller bearing in about two months time riding in a coastal climate and occasional rain.
Also the spring in mine wasn't lubricated, hope other yow skaters will find this video before running into trouble. Could this be one of the reasing the spring can break? No lubrication meaning extra friction/force created on it?
Amazing board though. Best gift I've ever gotten. Cheers!
I don't think that would contribute to a spring breaking. I think it just makes noise.
Thannnnnnnks!!!
Hi, is that possible to you inform the correct measures of the original "Bronze self lubricating bushing" that sits inside the meraki with the bearings? the inside and outside diameter and its heigth (in milimeters). I lost mine when cleaning and lubricating it, and will try to find another one in any screw shop that fits properly. If you can, I would be very grateful! Cheers from Brazil.
Just spent the past 2hrs trying to fix clicking from my Meraki, taking it apart and put putting it back together several times. Only to find it was the bolts that attach the deck where slightly loose and that’s what was causing the clicking 😂
Great video. But how do I know when to stop tightening the very last nut when reassembling, above the bushings, for BOTH the front and back truck?
th-cam.com/video/4eduBkonjso/w-d-xo.html
Can I use Super Lube instead of the Marine grease for the spring?
Hi Steve, very useful video. I recently bought a Pukas Dark with Meraki trucks. In my case, I have no problem with the front truck but the rear truck is squeaking. I wonder whether the rear truck is too loose? I did not change any setting since I received the skate. Any suggestion on that? Thank you so much!
That's going to be a pivot cup squeak: th-cam.com/video/0txH-NhzRMc/w-d-xo.html
Hi Steve , thanks for all the videos . Do you know where to get coil replacements ? Mine broke a few days ago and I have no idea where to get a replacement from
yowsurf.com/yow/spare-parts/
@@SurfskateLove damn I keep getting redirected to the AU site which has no spare parts section
Hello , very interesting vidéo. Can you tell me
What sort / brand / stiffness of bushing can i put on my surfsktate YOW ?
Thank you so much !
th-cam.com/video/4eduBkonjso/w-d-xo.html
Hey Steve, can you post a video on maintaining a Smoothstar surfskate.
No, because it voids your warranty to take it apart. Smoothstar has videos showing it, though.
I would like to have a harder spring. Do you know a hardest spring than S5 spring? Thanks
I don't.
You inspired me to get into surfskating. I have very little experience of any board sport.
I own landyachtz rallycat Longboard. If i get a Yow V4 S4 adapter. Can i change between its S4 spring and S5 spring according to my experience with them.
I am 65 kgs for your reference.
Appreciate your advice.
Yes, the springs are interchangeable.
Very great video, very usefull. I have a Yow meraki S5. Do you think it is possible to replace the S5 spring by a S4 spring for my young children ? Thanks
Yes, they're interchangeable.
@@SurfskateLove ok thanks. You are sure because some one told me that the piece of steal of the meraki system is just ajusted to the diameter of the spring : 5mm for spring S5 and 4mm for the srping S4. The spring S4 is not going to move in the meraki S5 pieces?
Hi, this video has been very helpful with the squeaks. I have another question though, I'm hearing a random light clink now when I do turn, or sharp turns. It doesn't always happen; but maybe in around 5 to 10 carves, it will. Any tips on how I can get rid of it?
Also, I can't figure out if it's in the front or the rear truck T_T
I'd have to just see it, or see a video of it.
Dear Steve, I use sometimes a very cool Pantheon longboard with really big and soft wheels which make longboarding very smooth. I have just bought a YOW Teahupoo and the truck doesn't seem noisy when manipulating it, however while surfskating on quite regular asphalt the board is very noisy, not when turning but it sounds like a vibration emanating from the board itself. It might be normal for a surfskate but I am a little bit surprised.
There has to be something wrong in there.
Hey Steve have you ever had to replace the Meraki spring? Thanks
Not yet.
Thanks
Anyone have an idea for tightening up the YOW spring pivot? I was able to do that on my Carver C7. Helped when going fast for stability and speed wobbles, also was more efficient to pump when going longer distances
You can’t
Is there any way we can buy the internal hardwares of yow meraki s5? Including the washers and bearing?
I'm not sure, I'd ask YOW.
Dumb question but it's the s4 and s5 truck the same? Can we literally just switch the springs to change the feel? I'm 215 lbs and just ordered the yow la santa 33 with the s5 but if it's possible might wanna switch the springs to get a more sensitive high performance feel.. i plan on using the board for surf training
Same truck different spring. S4 spring is for lighter riders. But they only sell the Meraki truck now which comes with the stiffer S5 spring. Which is better, imho. I don’t think you’ll want the S4 spring.
Thank you so much!
Is it ok to use other types of wax for the pivot cup instead of paraffin wax? Like stearin wax for instance?
No because it has stuff in it that you don't want that will attract more dirt.
@@SurfskateLove Ok I’ll bear that in mind. Thank you!
Ciao Steve. I have a Yow Rapa nui with V4 truck and S4 spring, I would like to replace it with an S5 spring, is it possible or do I need to widen the seat of the retainer?
My understanding is that the springs are interchangeable.
I do like your videos, however as a long time bicycle mechanic, I would stay away from 3 in 1 oil. It is no better then WD40. It's really not designed for things that roll down a street over constant dust and dirt. I would use tri flow, park grease, finish line, White lightning. Basically, bicycle industry lubricants. Both wet and dry bicycle industry lubricants and greases are designed to attract as little dirt as possible and therefore help last longer between cleaning and maintaining. Most of these companies use Teflon or silicone or some specific ingredient designed to help manage dust and dirt (Think of your non stick frying pan). I would also pack the spring and bearings with a bit more grease and wipe any excess away. It won't hurt anything and could help parts last longer and stay quieter. Thanks for what you do. I am a long time surfer from orange county CA. However I have lived in Indiana since 2004 and have missed that surfing feeling for many years that I hope I get from the YOW I just Ordered.
Very helpful, thank you!
Can i put yow meraki trucks on my carver black tips board? or i can't/should'nt do that.
Yep! Just keep in mind that you lose 1.5" in wheelbase compared to the CX. So as long as the reduced wheelbase still fits your stance width.
Merci pour tes vidéos et Bonjour de France (Bretagne -Britanny).
Je pense que tu te trompes. Pour le roulement tu dois prendre la graisse. Pourquoi ? Parce que la graisse dissout l' huile..
Donc graisse..
La cage du meraki doit être graissée aussi et tout le ressort.. Pourquoi ? Parce que les zones en friction ont besoin de graisse et que cela empêche aussi la corrosion. Donc tout le ressort.
Super ta chaine j' apprends beaucoup avec toi ❤. Jmarc
No, that's not necessary because the only points of friction are the ends of the spring.
how often do you do this?
Just whenever it’s making noise.
I just got Yow Pyzel shadow 33.5 few days ago. After a few rounds, I found my back truck's bushing is damaged. I want to buy a new pair to replace it. But I have no idea about which size I should buy. Can anyone give me some suggestion?
surfskate.love/product-category/surfskate-bushings/riptide-yow-surfskate-bushings/
So kinda of, but not really related question. Changing YOW trucks to another board, screws are not right length, do you know what the bolts are for these trucks?
5/8"
I followed the steps but now when I turn the board upside down I can hear what I think to be the brass washer that sits ontop of the bearings inside moving up and down.I’ve tried recleaning/greasing again but it still makes the noise.I can’t tighten it anymore as the meraki nut won’t turn….the problem may have been there before but I never noticed it.I don’t have a problem with any noise from side to side motion or even rear truck it’s just flipping the board over slowly when I hear it.
Same here
The meraki can't be locked like the adapter could right?
I'm sorry but I don't know what you mean. Which adapter are you referring to? And what do you mean by "locked"?
@@SurfskateLove I've found the answer after a whole lot of digging! The S5 adapter used to have a lock pin so you could pause the surfskate if you would want to do some more long distance cruising. But the meraki, sadly doesn't have this feature.
And those S5 adapters are sold out everywere, presumably for good
I want to get a YOW! I love my waterborne surf and rail adapters but I want a real complete surfskate so that I can progress properly
I hated my waterborne in comparison the the yow. It rode extremely high yet could still have wheel bite if left too loose. I couldn't get it to carve or pump anywhere near as well as the yow. The waterborne also had a weird balance at the top during transitions and going straight, possibly attributed to the rear adapter but i never tried to remove it to get rid of that feeling because overall i didn't like the experience for many reasons already. I picked up a used carver CX 28" for a steal of $80 and love it. Actually somewhat similar feel to the yow, despite the vastly different truck mechanics. I now extended the wheelbase of the carver by very carefully drilling new holes front & rear (i have a proper countersink bit too) and it's great. I got my yow for $270 shipped (2 days from England!😮) from surfdome. I first had a 32" carver with C7 trucks (got stolen) but prefer the CX i think🤙
Really discouraging hearing you talk about how common it is for those springs to break. That better not happen to mine for a while!
Well, I just mean that when you’re on a bunch of forums like me, you see a lot of cases. But it’s not like it’s going to happen a lot to you personally. But no biggie if it does.
Why not marine grease on the bearings? That's the grease that is most moisture repellant
Too thick, I think it would slow them down.