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Oct 1, 2018 | 11:03 AM

pirschwagon

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EFOS / Hubs Maintenance

Did my ESOF Hub Maintenance over the weekend. Takes about an hour. Ready for December. Now's the time! Better now then freezing your Butt off cursing. Just say'n

Oct 1, 2018 | 07:12 PM

Silverhks

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Or you could just go 2WD and forget all that mess

Oct 1, 2018 | 07:52 PM

timmyboy76

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Cool cool...you do the y2k trainspotting syringe greaser or rip it all apart?

Oct 2, 2018 | 12:30 PM

brian42

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I always took mine apart to get them clean: Welcome to guzzle's 4x4 Autolock Hub Lubrication Maintenance Web Page

Oct 2, 2018 | 10:31 PM

aawlberninf350

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I've heard the easy technique is to pull the hubs and drop them in a bath of AT fluid for a day. Then set them somewhere to drain off for another day, then reinstall. Basically anytime they get submerged in water, or annually in wet places.

What's the opinion on that?

Oct 3, 2018 | 09:23 AM

brian42

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I've never heard of that. I off-road a lot (especially in the desert) and would think that all the ATF residue inside would attract dust/dirt/sand. No bueno IMO.

I always took them apart and cleaned them per guzzle's procedure once a year and never had a problem with them. I've been through more wheel hubs than I care to count receipts for but never had a problem with my auto-locking hubs. I was still on the originals when I sold them.

Oct 5, 2018 | 07:14 PM

aawlberninf350

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Quote:

Originally Posted by brian42

I've never heard of that. I off-road a lot (especially in the desert) and would thing that all the ATF residue inside would attract dust/dirt/sand. No bueno IMO.

I always took them apart and cleaned them per guzzle's procedure once a year and never had a problem with them. I've been through more wheel hubs than I care to count receipts for but never had a problem with my auto-locking hubs. I was still on the originals when I sold them.

Thanks for the input! It does sound like creating a dust magnet. The guy who recommended that was a Pennsylvania hillbilly and maybe such things work better in that environment. He did have some odd ideas. Once when working on his 'clapped out' '80's Ford Escort we finally got it started, only to have him panic and yell "Shut it down! It's running backwards!"

I went to manual hubs, and as long as they engage smoothly I'll leave them alone.