Kingpin wear inspection standards come into play during routine vehicle checks, when the kingpin – the vertical coupling pin on the trailer that locks into the tractor's fifth wheel – is examined for material loss, scoring, and ovality.
Source: https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j531_201602/
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