$400-500 seems like a lot of $ for that
Auto Lock Hub
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Tuned
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Auto Lock Hub
Howdy everyone!
While in the process of giving the X some love, I feel it is about time to replace those seized up auto lock hubs. I'm curious to know where is the best place for them for me to order? The brief search I did pulled up some numbers that almost made me fall out my chair. I didn't think those bad boys cost so damn much!!
Thanks in advance guys for any help/assistance.
While in the process of giving the X some love, I feel it is about time to replace those seized up auto lock hubs. I'm curious to know where is the best place for them for me to order? The brief search I did pulled up some numbers that almost made me fall out my chair. I didn't think those bad boys cost so damn much!!
Thanks in advance guys for any help/assistance.
Tuned
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Do they still work on auto?
Mine were sticking in auto so I took them off and cleaned them and put a nice thin coat of grease in them and Auto works fine but the Manual switch is stuck from not being used in 317K Miles when I can leave them for an weekend I will take them off and soak them in some Transmission fluid (it will not eat the rubber parts I'm told) and see if I can get them to move again.
I was told that if you tale a piece of 2" PVC and cut slots in it to slip over the switch you can torque on it without worrying about breaking the plastic
Or I would look for a set from the wrecker that are moving and grease them up. I'm personally not a fan of Manual Hubs because if I need 4WD I don't want to have to crawl through what I'm stuck in to Lock them and I don't want to drive with them locked all the time
Hope this helps ya out.
Mine were sticking in auto so I took them off and cleaned them and put a nice thin coat of grease in them and Auto works fine but the Manual switch is stuck from not being used in 317K Miles when I can leave them for an weekend I will take them off and soak them in some Transmission fluid (it will not eat the rubber parts I'm told) and see if I can get them to move again.
I was told that if you tale a piece of 2" PVC and cut slots in it to slip over the switch you can torque on it without worrying about breaking the plastic
Or I would look for a set from the wrecker that are moving and grease them up. I'm personally not a fan of Manual Hubs because if I need 4WD I don't want to have to crawl through what I'm stuck in to Lock them and I don't want to drive with them locked all the time
Hope this helps ya out.
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From: Mt. Shasta California
Howdy everyone!
While in the process of giving the X some love, I feel it is about time to replace those seized up auto lock hubs. I'm curious to know where is the best place for them for me to order? The brief search I did pulled up some numbers that almost made me fall out my chair. I didn't think those bad boys cost so damn much!!
Thanks in advance guys for any help/assistance.
While in the process of giving the X some love, I feel it is about time to replace those seized up auto lock hubs. I'm curious to know where is the best place for them for me to order? The brief search I did pulled up some numbers that almost made me fall out my chair. I didn't think those bad boys cost so damn much!!
Thanks in advance guys for any help/assistance.
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Tuned
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Thanks for the response.
The 4 by system works fine (ESOF) but to manually turn them is NOT happening. I know I've read about taking them apart, but I'm not THAT comfortable with the procedure. I figured easier to just replace them with fresh new ones.
The 4 by system works fine (ESOF) but to manually turn them is NOT happening. I know I've read about taking them apart, but I'm not THAT comfortable with the procedure. I figured easier to just replace them with fresh new ones.
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Drill a small hole in the recessed part of the dials and soak them overnight in a bowl with 90% ATF and 10% penetrating oil.............and get back to us. You can also buy good working used ones for peanuts.
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Post Fiend
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Keep looking. That dial problem is an easy fix. People buy Warns and have the good stock ones still.
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What ever you do, don't use a pair of pliers to try and turn those hubs. There is a much better way and here it is, GO to Home Depot or Lowe's and get a piece of 3 ft x 2" OVC pipe and cut it half or to a length you like and then grind(cut/whatever) two notches in the end like pictured. This little tool puts lots of torque on the hub and will turn it without damaging the hub. Best part, it's only $3.
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Auto hups are plastic junk I replaced them like 3 times with new ones, but they always destroy the plastic pins and gears resulting stop engaging the axle or disengaging it . Then after I had enough of them I went to Warn premium manual locking hubs ^^ and I never worried again about hubs.
It is just a direct swap then block the vacuum lines, and that's it .
Have fun
It is just a direct swap then block the vacuum lines, and that's it .
Have fun
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When you go to Warns you are going backwards. Most stock ones are easy to fix and there are thousands of used one around.
Warns;
>When is is 30* out, raining, and you or your wife is in the middle of a big mud puddle would your rather jump out and turn the dials that are recessed into the hubcaps or just turn a dial inside?
>Would you rather have a nice clean hubcap and hub setup, or a recessed hub that looks like it was an afterthought?
>Would you like your wallet light or heavy?
You could use that money you spent on Warns to fix the ESOF and the stuck dial problem is an easy fix. (2 ways to fix it).
My hubs have 170k miles and are working fine. The reason everyone thinks Warns never break is because there is probably 10% of the run total time on them compared to stock.
Warns;
>When is is 30* out, raining, and you or your wife is in the middle of a big mud puddle would your rather jump out and turn the dials that are recessed into the hubcaps or just turn a dial inside?
>Would you rather have a nice clean hubcap and hub setup, or a recessed hub that looks like it was an afterthought?
>Would you like your wallet light or heavy?
You could use that money you spent on Warns to fix the ESOF and the stuck dial problem is an easy fix. (2 ways to fix it).
My hubs have 170k miles and are working fine. The reason everyone thinks Warns never break is because there is probably 10% of the run total time on them compared to stock.