Broken kingpins.

**FunkyPinner** · 04-06-2007 12:14 PM

I just broke my second front kingpin in two weeks. Three weeks ago I
bought a pair of Krown 8" trucks, one week later I broke the front kingpin.
I traded out for an other one, then it snapped in half as well a week later.
I live in St Pete FL. No hills, no speeds above 30mph, seldom above 15 mph on slight downhills. I am a longboard commuter. I do about 7 miles a day, a third of witch is on sidewalks. so I do not see where I could be the cause of the dammadge.
Have any of ya'll had problems like this from Krown trucks?

**Mile_High_Mark** · 04-06-2007 12:16 PM

Pics of the trucks?

**chicagolongboards** · 04-06-2007 12:40 PM

Try using grade 8 kingpins.

**Aemil** · 04-06-2007 12:59 PM

do you weigh like 1000 pounds? or have your trucks really really loose so that the washer touches the hanger?

**lbacker55** · 04-08-2007 06:52 PM

hey man ill take the base plates if you get rid of those for a new set of trucks, ill take anything i can get for my shlong project

**Ogre** · 04-08-2007 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by FunkyPinner

I just broke my second front kingpin in two weeks. Three weeks ago I
bought a pair of Krown 8" trucks, one week later I broke the front kingpin.
I traded out for an other one, then it snapped in half as well a week later.
I live in St Pete FL. No hills, no speeds above 30mph, seldom above 15 mph on slight downhills. I am a longboard commuter. I do about 7 miles a day, a third of witch is on sidewalks. so I do not see where I could be the cause of the dammadge.
Have any of ya'll had problems like this from Krown trucks?

You say you ride alot of sidewalks.. If you have a lot of slop in the trucks, I could see the constant abrupt jolt of sidewalk seam abrading to the point of fatigue and then shear! MHS Mark, could this be?

**Mile_High_Mark** · 04-08-2007 07:02 PM

Need to see the trucks to diagnose the problem.

**FunkyPinner** · 04-09-2007 04:14 PM

well, the shop that i got the trucks from took them back. Now i have a set of RII 180's.
I do run loose trucks witch could have helped break the pins, I also weigh 240lbs.
The only difference in my setup is the krown trucks. they have a king pin that is as close to vertical as i have seen, they focus all forward impact on the pin rather than on the bushings.
I Should have looked beyond the pricetag