If anyone has upgraded their old autlocking hubs to Warn, Mile Marker, or other manuals, I NEED YOUR OLD AUTO LOCK HUBS for the ***** !! One of my ***** has a chunck broken out of the center (which I can probably fix), and the other's retaining tabs are broken (much bigger problem).

The good news is that I figured out how to get the ***** off and on , so if I can get a couple of intact ones I can fix my hubs. Even if the center bar is broken, I mainly just need a **** with the retaining tabs intact.

As far as getting the selector **** off (if anyone's curious) it's not bad. If your **** doesn't already have a hole in it (like the center bar broke), you can just drill a hole in the face of the **** near the center, big enough to get a screwdriver or some other small rod in to push down on the plastic cream-colored disc below the ****. The hole will need to be sealed up somehow, so make it as small as possible to get something through it (an awl or really small Phillips might do well).

Having the gears and springs out of the inside of the hub lock is really helpful so there's no spring pressure pushing the disc inside up against you, just the rubber diaphragm. Turn the **** to the "lock" position, then press the plastic disc under the **** down with the screwdriver or something (through the hole in the **** -- I did it by holding down on the screwdriver with my chin so my hands were free). Pressing the disc down, the **** will turn one short click further, clockwise. This gets it disengaged from the plastic disc below it and you can pull the **** out (took some tugging -- the o-ring around it's the only thing holding it in.)

I'm assuming the **** is ABS plastic and plan to make a paste of ABS plastic shavings dissolved in MEK to patch it up (usually works fine, the thicker the better -- less shrinkage as it dries, and dries solid faster)

Hope this helps, and that someone can help me too with a descent hub lock / **** or two. Let me know what you want for it. Thanks!

Also thanks to Guzzle for the info that inspired me to figure it out!

Ken

 

I just upgraded mine yesterday to warn. i have the old factory ones still. The bad news is i had to beat one of them off with a 4 pound sledge, the other one is fine and spins free

 

Is the front **** on the beaten one still intact? All the guts in mine are fine, just need the selector dial. What would you want for one or both or yours? Thanks!

Ken

 

If you make an offer i have 2 collecting dust.

 

Its cracked just around where i beat it around, not pretty. If your remotley close you can come get them all i was gonna do was throw them away. Monroe, Mi

 

I am sure that I have a couple that I can send to you. I just have to dig them out of the shop and make sure that I get a couple that still have good engagement tabs on the perimeter of the dial.

 

Thanks everyone! I'll see what Bob's able to dig up for me.

I'm in Texas, so that would be the "remote" out of "remotely close."