How do I make homemade sliders?

[Adrenaline Images]

I know I saw a thread on here about making your own sliders out of hardware bolts and some old skate board wheels but for the life of me I cannot find that thread.

Can anyone help me find it?

Thanks a million.

[adrenalix]

Just get a piece of all thread from your local hardware store. Put one wheel on the end with washers and a nut on both sides of the wheel. Slide it through the axle, mark where it needs to be cut (remember to leave enough length to put the other wheel, nuts and washers) and cut the remainder off. I was able to purchase one piece of 3' all thread and had plenty to do both the front and the rear axles. I went to my local skate shop and purchased the wheels. Sometimes you can buy used ones, but try and get the hardest wheel available. The soft ones will grip the road in the event of a "get off". The harder wheels will slide better. I know there's a thread on there that has detailed instructions and photos, but I can't remember where it is. Shouldn't take more than 30 minutes once you get everything together.

[onespeedpaul]

^^what he said.

3ft piece of all thread, four hard compound skateboard wheels, four washers, and four nylock nuts of the corresponding size.

measure twice, cut once.

not sure which bike this is going on, but on my 625 SMC, i ended up dremeling a bit on inside of each of the R/R and L/F skatewheel to have all four mount/look/spaced even on the bike. also, i dabbed a bit of JBweld to permanently secure one nut on each axle.

[Tinoo]

e.g.

http://supermotojunkie.com/showthrea...ighlight=skate

http://supermotojunkie.com/showthrea...ighlight=skate

http://supermotojunkie.com/showthrea...ighlight=skate

click Search and write skate and it will take not more than 5 minutes to get the answer you want :-)
If you need all the procedure in an absolute detail, you may seek it, I'm too lazy.

Anyway, axle sliders made of skate wheels are very good idea, I must have it.

[rhinorear]

I had some guy try to tell me once that since skate board wheels grip the road and are somewhat sticky that I would be a fool to put them on my SM.

He thinks those 2 wheels have enough adhesion that they would not allow the bike to slide

Man, did I have to really try not to laugh in his face.

They catch a lot of people's eyes and they have to ask.....are those skate board wheels? Ya, I say. Bitchen, they reply.

Of course there ORANGE!!!!!!!!

[Astroman]

Skate wheels they do grip on the pavment i have seen in on the track, You either have to use the expensive Skate wheels not Walmart skate wheels which are plastic.

But for the price of expensive skate wheels (Bones, Spitfire etc) you get real Axle sliders...

[Adrenaline Images]

Thanks for the info guys, I'm headed to ACE hardware and the skate shop.

[teamhypoxia]

I got a whole skateboard at Walmart for $8.
Lowsided on them and it worked out just fine. A fair bit of the wheel ground off, but I think it's good for one more slide at least.

[dodge131]

I walked into my machine shop and turned out some sweet delrin sliders. I love my job! Plus they look so much better than the KTM hardparts ones.