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Jan 1, 2016 | 07:37 PM

Smittty

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Locking Hubs

Howdy ya a'l. Happy New year.

So my selector switch on my hub ( plastic) broke. I can't find on line a replacement piece? I believe there the original waren hubs. Time for new ones? Any suggestions and help.

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Smitty

Jan 1, 2016 | 08:01 PM

Macrobb

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I'd just check the local junk yard. Tons of these trucks out there, and it'll be cheap.

Jan 1, 2016 | 08:19 PM

Smittty

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I checked a few but they were a'l snagged. But I'll keep lookin.

Jan 1, 2016 | 08:57 PM

hairyboxnoogle

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All dana 60 and dana 50 axles from 79 to 06ish are the "same", the superduty ones are retained with a snapring though, and most are vacuum / manual.

Jan 1, 2016 | 09:10 PM

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Does this mean that I can take a set of manual hubs from some random Ford truck with 50/60 axle(I know the 44s have smaller hubs) and replace my mom's 02 F350 vacuum hubs with them?
It looks like you can do that swap with aftermarket hubs easily enough... but stock JY hubs seem a lot cheaper.

Jan 2, 2016 | 08:20 AM

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no. 02 uses a snap ring to hold the hub on, 88 uses bolts.

Jan 2, 2016 | 10:25 AM

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Is it an actual Warn branded hub, or re-badged with FORD? If it's Warn branded, it should have a lifetime warranty. Last time we had one crack, we called the local 4x4 shop, they didn't even ask for a receipt, just swapped it out. Only downside is, they would only swap the whole pair of hubs, not just the cap, so I had to pull both.