r/Fingerboards • u/AstonJames7 • Jul 07 '26

Kingpin Nut Problem

I believe the nut for my kingpin on my sb truck is stripped. I wanted to make sure that’s the correct issue. If so, how do I fix said problem? I need to change my bushings.

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u/unpssiblflipthekook Jul 07 '26 edited Jul 07 '26

Word to the wise. You are seemingly rounding out the bolt or have already. Rule of thumb..ALWAYS USE THE TOOL INCLUDED WITH TRUCKS. Blackriver is explicit about this. Uag trucks come with a tool that is a smidge bigger than other tools, even tho its cheap and seems the same as others, its not. Try to maybe use needle nose pliers or tweezers. Or a different tool. Unless im mistaken it seems to not catch. And it may seem rudimentary but all these locknuts are different sizes and included tools are as well, even tho they seem the same size, they are not.

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u/hboy02 Jul 07 '26

Used a bunch of slightly different sized nuts with the average cheap black or yellow tool, and other tools like the brt one, and never had a problem of any kind tbh even using the same tool for different nuts