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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 07:35 PM
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2001 Hubs

Hello, new to the forum and have a question.

Just purchased a 2001 F250 4x4 with 7.3 and one of the manual locking hubs is bad. What is a good replacement and how will it look with the stock center caps?

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Old Oct 13, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Aftermarket you can either go with Warn, or Mile Marker. I have a set of new Mile Markers that I bought for my Excursion that I sold without ever installing them. I have seen several people upgrade to the newer front centercaps with Warn, or MM hubs as they don't stick out as far.

I have my hubs on Craigslist now, need to get them out to someone that can use them.
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 09:30 AM
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Is the hub stuck/hard to turn? or are the splines stripped? Stripped splines = new hub, stuck can usually be freed up. I still have stockers on my 00 and use 4WD nearly every day.

The stock hubs can be freed up when stuck by using a teflon based lubricant spray and cleaning them up.
 

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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 09:43 AM
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I have manual hubs, and one is easy to turn, the other is stiff. I made a tool out of stainless steel to turn them. It makes it easy to lock/unlock with gloves on too.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 09:50 AM
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I've been using a Dupont Teflon Spray on mine 2x year for 4-5 years and they are easy to turn - just spray around the edge of the **** @ each tire rotation and work them back and forth a few times. If mine ever strip I'll probably switch to Warns but I'm in no hurry.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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LabCab, will your hubs fit 2001 f250? And what price you want for them?
 
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Old Oct 14, 2012 | 05:08 PM
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Hub is stripped out. They are the OEM hubs.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 10:49 AM
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Buy Milemarkers and get '05-style center caps (you can get repro ones on Amazon, I think). The hubs work well and look great with the shallow center caps. They look dorky and would be hard to use with the stock center caps, IMO.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 01:10 PM
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Thanks Steve. Great info!!
 
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Old Oct 15, 2012 | 03:50 PM
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Take your sticky hubs off, drill a very small hole in the recessed part of the dial. and soak them in ATF overnight. The o-ring can be replaced also.
 
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