Skateboard Trucks Review: The Grind King 5.0 Axl II

Grind King is a Venice based company that has been innovating and supporting skateboard truck hardware for nearly 20 years.

The Grind King 5.0 Axl II’s are lite, giving, responsive, and durable. Somewhat pricey, but we feel that they are worth it in the long run. The only down side we found was that the bushings felt a bit soft for our tastes; however, after we replaced them with some harder bushings they felt just great! Grind King skateboard truck construction are better quality than most, and if they do happen to break you have the warranty to fall back on. All GK trucks are made in the USA and are guaranteed for life against axle slippage and kingpin breakage or truck hanger breakage. Totally worth it!

Grind King will do everything possible to expedite your warranty should you ever experience a problem with your trucks. “We pride ourselves on having the lowest defect rate in the industry.”, “We stand behind the quality of our trucks which is why we guarantee them.”

Features:

• 356 aluminum heat-treated to T6 condition


• Aeronautical heat-grade 8 Kingpins


• Original diamond knurled non-slip 8740 chrom-moly steel axles with reduced-length rolled threads; able to reach tensile strengths up to 200000 psi. This particular aircraft alloy is stronger than the standard 1010/1020 and even stronger than the 4140 that some truck companies brag about.


• Precision drilled pivot, kingpin and mounting holes


• GK has always realized the importance of bushings and strives to maintain the best possible urethane available; available from 90-97 durometer


• GK trucks are the lightest trucks out there.