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Comment by Jezza on October 28, 2010 at 22:14

try spraying a little WD-40 in there. Rinse with a solvent afterwards if your going to glue a new kingpin in though

if it still wont budge heat the mofo up with a paint stripper / oven, alum expands more than steel when heated (apparently)

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on October 28, 2010 at 21:59

Mareks got it in one.
Keep trying Elliot.

Premium Member Comment by Marek on October 28, 2010 at 19:10

You might just have a sticky one as i've tapped one out with a hammer recently. Put something under the baseplate so the kingpin can come out. Fitz or the Bear or someone will be along directly to explain about the judicious use of heat/cold/secret handshake to get the bugger out.

Comment by Elliot O on October 28, 2010 at 17:06

Any tips on how to get some Tracker kingpins out?
I've bashed them on the ground and used a hammer with no success.
Any secret recipe?

Comment by Boomerdog on October 26, 2010 at 22:28

radikal now all fixed with a helicoil..no probs..like the man said ,pump station was the last place i want the truck to shit it's self...the most interesting speed wobble i have had in 35 years of skating...was one of those 'farking ell!.'moments..lol :)

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on October 26, 2010 at 19:41

Ha!
I'll take your rad's, post sledgie Judge.

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on October 26, 2010 at 17:57

gotta use grease or never seize otherwise stainless on stainless threads can lockup with just the tiniest bit of moisture when cranked up.

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on October 26, 2010 at 17:56

I had no issues with my K/P when I owned a Rad.
I used a 7mm socket with 1/4" sq drive to 1/4" hex bit and a 1/4" spanner no longer than about 3".
Grease up the king pin and crank it up tight.
Don't use a big spanner otherwise you can over torque it and might strip a thread.

Premium Member Comment by nathan on October 26, 2010 at 17:04

arron this might horrify the tinkering community out there but for the last two years i have been running my front radikal where the kingpin constantly loosens out of the base plate. So i have a little routine of after every run i pick up my board and with my fingers twist the kingpin back into the baseplate (only finger tight) there is plenty of thread on it so im not too worried about it coming out(wouldnt that be interesting), shadow had the same issue and i know he locktites his in,

Premium Member Comment by Marek on October 25, 2010 at 22:19

It looked like boomers axle just jumped a thread or two and the axle was hanging on at a angle. Looked tricky to repair if the hanger was stripped. Pump station is not the course you want an axle failure!

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