So if a guy has two auto hubs in his hand and one turns freely and one does not the one rotate is junk? I'm talking the inner splined area where the shaft engages. I have never have a truck with hubs like this. Let me know what you guys think or tell me it's stupid obvious.

 

There is a guide somewhere on here to help free frozen ones up. Some go through that process, others, based on a number of factors just by some manual Warns/MileMarkers and call it quits with all the vacuum stuff.

I had a bad one when I bought mine and it was horrible weather so I needed the 4wd. I didn't have time or a warm place to tinker around so I went the the heavy duty version of the Warns.

 

Worst case I will but if I can determine which is junk and repair or replace for one for 80 bucks off CL so I can retain the turn and burn factor for my wife

 

Should be of some help...

http://www.guzzle7pt3.com/allube.php

 

Awesome😊 I will be doing this thanks

 

I am not about butchering up stock platforms but if you have a hub in question just get some decent manual lock/unlock hubs. You will be much happier

 

i hear ya. i just know the one time the wife drives it i will forget to lock the hubs and she will be in a snow bank calling and asking why 4x4 wont work.

shes not a bad driver thats just my luck. i found a good used one on CL for 75 bucks and im good.

also i found the leak that caused me to think the axle seals were bad cracked nipple must have done it putting the axle back up cause they were new

 

This is my first truck with auto hubs. I've always heard of a conversion kit when going from auto to manual hubs. Is that required for this truck?

 

My Excursion was a bolt on and go affair. I did have to plug the vacuum lines for the stock ESOF's, not a big deal.

 

Don't waste your money on fancy hubs, you can fix the stock ones or replace them cheaply.

 

This is good advice. I would have replaced with stock but conditions and time did not permit. I prefer to replace with stock or as near to it as possible for ease and simplicity of repairs in the future.

 

Not only that but the aftermarket ones are shorter and look funny plus you lose the automatic feature. There are plenty of cheap used take-offs around that are fixable if needed also. I proved that once before in here.

 

I've fixed my auto hubs before. It's not that hard, just clean it. Only thing out of hte ordinary was the snap ring pliers.

Everyone said to get a set of warn hubs and don't look back, but I wanted to retain the auto locking hubs. There are times you're on hte highway, out in the middle of no where, wher eyou don't want to get out and lock your hubs because a 300ft patch in front of you looks nasty.

 

True ...but to each their own
On the flip side being guaranteed your front axle is engaged after a 1/4 turn of a nice warn hub has its merits too...no?

 

It is, but you can manually engage the auto hubs as well. They're just harder to turn.