Quad Republic Skate Company Sure Grip – Avenger Magnesium Plate

The Avenger plate offers a 45 degree action and full a customized feel for the skater. 
Pivot adjustment: Pivot pins are not factory adjusted. Always adjust the pivot pins so that the ball just touches the bottom of the Delrin pivot cup.

• The pivot pin adjustment should be checked regularly once installed. Do not assume the pivot pin adjustment is correct if no

• movement is felt when checking the adjustment. It could be adjusted longer than necessary. Pivot pins adjusted too long can

• cause the skate to have an unpleasant “darting” feel when skating. If the pivot pin ball does not touch the pivot cup you will be

• able to press down on the truck assembly and feel or see a slight movement of the pivot pin into and out of the cup. Adjust the

• pivot pin until the pressure applied to the truck no longer results in this movement. When satisfied that the pivot pin is resting

• with slight pressure in the pivot cup, secure the pivot pin lock nut firmly against the truck housing. NEVER skate your plates with

• the pivot pin lock nuts improperly tightened. Loose pivot pins will self-adjust and possibly damage the threads in the trucks.

• Cushions:

• The DA45 truck is very unique when compared to other trucks on the market. Due to its extreme angle it must use a special set

• of cushions, one “barrel” and one “conical” cushion. We developed a special urethane with 4 different hardness levels to fine

• tune the action of your skate.

• Blue – 72A

• Yellow – 79A

• Purple – 85A

• Red – 93A

• Tips for tuning your action.

• 1) Remember a stiff action may make a skater feel more stable initially, however, it has several adverse side effects. The

• most important one to consider is the amount of force needed to make the skate do what you want it to do. The stiffer

• the action, the harder you need to work to get the skate to turn. This effort can lead to premature wear or failure of

• boots or worse, your feet. A simple rule of thumb. The stiffer the action, the more the SKATE controls where you are

• going. The softer the action, the more YOU control where you are going. How is that again? You say you have

• experienced a loose action behave like it has a mind of its own?? Not so. The skate is simply going where you tell it to

• go and you are over correcting. The more you over correct, the more erratic the skating becomes.

• 2) The DA45 action turns more quickly and easily than any other design on the market. It will go exactly where you tell it

• to go if properly adjusted. Do not hamper this ability by over tightening the action. If you can see the side of the barrel

• cushion even starting to bulge out the side, you have the action too tight and you should use a stiffer cushion set. Over

• tightening the action can cause the entire skate to fail.

• 3) Do not loosen the action more than necessary. If you can easily turn the cone cushion retainer with your fingers, the

• action is too loose. Use softer cushions to get the desired turning behavior.

• 4) Cushion sets can be split to get optimum tuning. Typically a softer cone is used with a harder barrel cushion. An

• example is a purple barrel with a blue cone cushion. While this give an overall feel similar to a pair of yellow cushions,

• the purple barrel will provide a better push than the yellow barrel and the blue cone will compensate for the extra

• stiffness of the purple barrel.

• 5) It is essential to experiment with your skates to find the best setting for you. It is also essential to verify you are using

• the best setting for your improving skills by continuing to experiment.

• 6) Remember to adjust the pivot pins after adjusting or replacing cushions.

• *Weights are an average of several production samples. Weights will vary due to manufacturing production limits.