Hi guys😉 Today I had fail with my noname trucks. Way to work all was fine, some runs with 38km/h and mostly 25-30km/h. Then back home I just started to ride about 16km/h and hear that something drops on road, then I felt that my board feels a bit superloose on trucks, and I’m still riding. Than, yeah I saw what happened, kingpin of front truck was snapped. No fall or something, but there was traffic. I’m glad that nothing serious happened. Just day before I was racing in local park with 40km/h, downhills und uphills. Here is some pics:
Damn man! Glad you are OK and it failed pretty safely for you. It seems like everything held up correctly, so just replace the kingpin?
I wonder if the other truck’s kingpin shows any abnormal wear or shows warning of pre-failure?
Yeah tomorrow I’ ll try to buy new kingpin.
I’ll change it for other truck too. I don’t want to experiment and see if rear truck fail the same😉
This is actually very common. To prevent snapping a kingpin, you should always use Grade 8 kingpins. They will have the following marking on the head:
http://rainbowboltsupply.com/images/grade_8_bolt_head.jpg
Take a look at your trucks and replace the kingpins if the don’t have these 6 hexagonal dashes. Your local hardware store should have them. Grade 5 bolts have three stripes. If your kingpins have no marking, they are the lowest quality and are prone to breaking
Snapping a kingpin is not fun, but I have never had a Grade 8 bolt fail on me
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https://longhairedboy.com/collections/all/products/kingpin-replacement-kit
I got you until you can find some more expensive ones you like. These are Grade 5 but i’m getting Grade 8s pretty soon. I want to have both since there is a price difference and the Grade 5s were available immediately.
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Holy shit. I have noname trucks but luckily I’ve upgraded my kingpins because of orangutans bushes… 
Thanx LHB!
I just found 8th grade kingpin set at my local skateshop for 6 eur😊
Tomorrow I’ll be back on my ninja board😈
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those don’t even have grade markings. eeesh.
soft steel - could chew through that.
yeah $6 is about what i’m going to have to list mine for. Grade 5 is less expensive which is why i have them for $4.
I picked up replacement kingpins from my local hardware supplier 3" for 80p ($1.02) each! Grade 8.
Don’t go to a skate shop, go to a hardware warehouse.