Recent content by CrabCake

I had a Samurai hard top back in HS (late 80's, yikes!)...that little thing was a blast! As long as it didn't bottom out, it would bomb over snow, mud, and sand...the day after I got mine, we had a 8"+ snowfall...I was like a kid in a candy shop having the time of his life! My brother had a...

Pics for kicks, Waffles is killing it! At our Capital Land Cruiser Club Fall Crawl event this weekend in Gore, VA...

A few more pics...hate missing today, but work duties call!

Hey guys, I have a pile of beer from an event that the host wanted gone...about 160 assorted bottles, mostly lighter stuff. I can bring up on Wednesday evening...I have to leave on Friday evening, but can leave behind for the Saturday cookout or just leave available for those that want...

Great to know…my son will have plenty of questions for you this week! The rear was more of a while you can grab it for free thing right now, focus was for the front for sure. Starting disassembly on that now and so far, so good!

Back to the woods to claim the Dana 60 rear…probably gonna collect the transfer case too, ran out of time today. Truck was a Giant Food snow rig, affectionately called Goliath by Andrew’s in law family.

I just picked up one of these...it's awesome! This is the one with the smallest camera and works with your phone to view, snap pics, or take vids..tip flips all the way back with the twist of a knob or perfect to poke in a hole and aim 90 degrees or further...

Tentatively sold with delivery to Fall Crawl... 🦀 🔧

Tentatively sold...delivering to Fall Crawl! ;) :steer:

Cross posted in the FS section...Can deliver to Fall Crawl! Decided to sell my 80 series 4x4 Labs rear bumper DIY kit. I can deliver to Fall Crawl on Thursday evening (there until Friday evening). Specs: 4x4 Labs rear DIY bumper kit Version for use with flares (side wings slightly shorter)...

Decided to sell my 80 series 4x4 Labs rear bumper DIY kit. I can deliver to Fall Crawl on Thursday evening (there until Friday evening). Specs: 4x4 Labs rear DIY bumper kit Version for use with flares (side wings slightly shorter) Spindle kit for dual swing outs (spindle kit only) No...

There are 2 versions...early used acorn nuts and later used the shank nuts. I can't quite tell from your pics, is the one with the inserts tapered? If so, it's probably for acorn style nuts.

Been putting mine to the test, holding up great! Also putting a beating on the diff skids too, saved me lots of hard scrapes in Moab!

Agreed...I think the OP is making a mountain out of a molehill with too much contemplation....once the flange is off, it should be easy to take out. Perfect time to replace all of the studs, cone washers, split washers, and nuts (on both sides!). When you take the nuts and split washers off...

Absolutely! I’ll give a full rundown when she’s ready!