- July 28th, 2015, 10:34 pm
#81805
It's not rough, it's just shaky. Out of the 88 times I've been on Fury, only 20 rides or so have been without that vibration. I think this has to do with me always wanting to ride on the outside seats right over the wheels. Ride in the middle seats for the smoother ride. Avoid wheel seats. Intimidator is the same way. I think the wheels are fine. I think the issue is that some bolts on the wheel assembly need to be tightened. Next time you ride Fury, look down where the wheels are and you'll see a bluish line that marked on the screw and on the assembly itself. They need to be lined up so that the lines touch each other. Sometimes, they're not. You can see a line drawn on Intimidator as well. They do this for the track both as well. While waiting in line for Intimidator, look at the footers that connect to the supports that support the transfer track and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Another thing I noticed is back in April when Fury had those nylon wheels in row 4 and 5. Fury was smoother to me when I was riding in those rows with the white nylon wheels then it was when riding with the yellow polyurethane wheels. Has anybody else noticed this? Does Leviathan have this problem?
Haha, one more thing I noticed. When Intimidator first opened back in 2010, they used the tannish polyurethane wheels from Uremet. I think they switched to the yellow polyurethane wheels from Uremet in 2012. Ever since, the ride hasn't been as smooth to me but still not that bad. Maybe Fury should use the tan wheels since the yellow ones aren't doing too well since we can't use those really fast Nylon wheels in this hot weather. Any thoughts? I have more observations but I'll save those for later.