So as mentioned in a couple earlier posts, I have a set of fairly well used Indy 169's I decided to do the krux downlow inverted kingpin swap on. Why? I resolved to skate these trucks to death. Last set of USA made, nostalgia, a brief respite from consumerism, a diversion from my slow decent into nihilism - why not?. And sticking on the kingpin sucks. Went into the basement after my GF went to bed Friday night, put Apocalypse Now on netflix and did the deed. Here's my 2 cents on the process and first impressions:
First, ban all cats from the premisseses. Little shit was literally climbing the walls and would not leave me alone. Meow, meow, meow, I'm nocturnal, meow, meow.
Swapping out the kingpins and epoxying in the nut has been covered elsewhere, but did make sure to sand and clean (denatured alcohol - couldn't find the acetone) the nut and recess and used a prick punch in the recess to create some divots for the epoxy to bite into. Also, I had decent luck straightening my bent axles with a brass hammer and a vise.
First ride was good. I re-used my bushings and bottom washer, but still got some of that new soft bushing vibe. I'm wondering if the krux top washer, which doesn't seem to make a lot of contact with the bushing, contributes to that. Did not get so much as a scratch on the kingpins in a quick bs 50/ fs 50 session.
@listentoaheartbeat I did swap my hangers front and back, and the huge now front toeside groove did hamper me on a few frontside grinds, but that was probably my lackluster technique - i.e. the kingpin needs to be on the wrong side of the edge/coping for it to slip into the groove.