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Snatch Block · 06-07-2002, 09:12 AM

Just wondering, how many of you have snapped these? I have a D60 front with warn hubs, I look down at them and one snapped off & one went for a walk and didn't come back!

I run 38.5" SX's if that helps. how hard will it be to get the busted one out?

sceep · 06-07-2002, 09:42 AM

we bust/lose @ least 2 hub bolts per wheelin trip. E-Z Out/hand-drill/spare bolts have become trail tool staples.

oh yeah

welcome newbie

Snatch Block · 06-07-2002, 09:50 AM

Cool, now when you break them do you replace all of them or just the ones you broke?

The Rockslut · 06-07-2002, 10:29 AM

Doesnt matter if you replace them all or not. they will break again. Just do yourself a favor and dont use Grade 8. They will break too and they are MUCH worse to get out. Welcome to the land of external hubs. Sucks to be you

Jonathan M · 06-07-2002, 10:56 AM

If you can get a set of slugs for the 60 run them. It works for the 44's that have the externally mouned hubs.........

YJ4RoX · 06-07-2002, 11:14 AM

a little off topic but:

Is a Snatch block when a chick wont put out?

Snatch Block · 06-07-2002, 11:59 AM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by the TJ kid
If you can get a set of slugs for the 60 run them. It works for the 44's that have the externally mouned hubs......... [/QUOTE

What are "Slugs"?

Trango · 06-10-2002, 12:10 PM

Slugs are solid machined pieces that interface between the shaft and the hub. Think of it as "all the time" engagement. It looks like a flattened donut with splines on the outside, like a quarter, and splines on the outside for the shaft. This is a fairly accessible junkyard part - just look for axles with solid endcaps on the ends of the hubs (like the chrome ones on waggy 44's). Beat these off and inside you'll see the slug. Some waggy ones even have lightening holes drilled through them (or are they for grease? weird design in any case).

Bob

06-07-2002, 09:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
Snatch Block Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Member # 11285 Location: Canada Posts: 130	Hub bolts Just wondering, how many of you have snapped these? I have a D60 front with warn hubs, I look down at them and one snapped off & one went for a walk and didn't come back! I run 38.5" SX's if that helps. how hard will it be to get the busted one out? __________________ While your down there, mind giving a ring job? Last edited by Snatch Block; 06-07-2002 at 09:14 AM.

06-07-2002, 09:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Snatch Block Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Member # 11285 Location: Canada Posts: 130	Cool, now when you break them do you replace all of them or just the ones you broke? __________________ While your down there, mind giving a ring job?

06-07-2002, 10:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
The Rockslut Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5021 Location: Lincoln, CA Posts: 5,967	Doesnt matter if you replace them all or not. they will break again. Just do yourself a favor and dont use Grade 8. They will break too and they are MUCH worse to get out. Welcome to the land of external hubs. Sucks to be you __________________ Don't be "THAT GUY" on the trail. www.voodoowax.com

06-07-2002, 10:56 AM	#5 (permalink)
Jonathan M Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5393 Location: Canada Posts: 137	If you can get a set of slugs for the 60 run them. It works for the 44's that have the externally mouned hubs......... __________________ 89 YJ in pieces............42's w/ rockstomper beadlocks, CJ front clip & dash, 60/14, 350 with GM TBI, RV cam, and 305 heads 700R4, dana 300, F-150 springs on all 4 corners and 105" wheelbase......

06-07-2002, 11:59 AM	#7 (permalink)
Snatch Block Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Member # 11285 Location: Canada Posts: 130	[QUOTE]Originally posted by the TJ kid If you can get a set of slugs for the 60 run them. It works for the 44's that have the externally mouned hubs......... [/QUOTE What are "Slugs"? __________________ While your down there, mind giving a ring job?

06-07-2002, 11:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
YJ4RoX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Member # 1930 Location: Leon, WV Posts: 3,260	a little off topic but: Is a Snatch block when a chick wont put out?

06-10-2002, 12:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Trango Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Member # 3152 Location: Boulder, CO, USA Posts: 1,248	Slugs are solid machined pieces that interface between the shaft and the hub. Think of it as "all the time" engagement. It looks like a flattened donut with splines on the outside, like a quarter, and splines on the outside for the shaft. This is a fairly accessible junkyard part - just look for axles with solid endcaps on the ends of the hubs (like the chrome ones on waggy 44's). Beat these off and inside you'll see the slug. Some waggy ones even have lightening holes drilled through them (or are they for grease? weird design in any case). Bob __________________ Compulsive vehicle builder

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