want to install better manual hubs which do you all prefere? WARN, Superwinch, Mile Marker?? any problems with any of these? which is most easiest to install? thanks for the advice

-bigdawg

'03 FX4 F250SD SC Long Bed 5.4L

other ride- John Deere 8210 185hp DRW MFWD

 

personaly i like the warn premiums, the cost a little more but work great and when you turn the in they go almost a full turn so you know thier in.

 

Yup, I also run Warn Premiums and they are great. I have heard the Milemarkers are also of comperable quality.


Rich

 

Warn Premiums. They also have top notch customer service.

 

I am running standard Warn hubs on the 84, the owner before me put them on er when the truck was 5 years old. I haven't had to change them yet.

 

I have never used Warn hubs, but I am sure they are good quality hubs, I myself use mile marker supreme hubs and they are great, no plastic to break, gold anodized metal with a full turn. Excellent hubs.

 

warn prem. hubs and look around on the net for the best deal
it should be a simple swap

 

i have one word for you.




WARN






thank you

 

I personally use the Warn Standard hubs. I couldn't justify spending 40 dollars more for a metal **** vice a plastic one. It cost me roughly 86 dollars for the Standard hubs. Add 18 dollars for a set of snap ring pliers and some axle grease to do the conversion, and I still came out less than the Premiums cost. Over here in San Diego about 130 dollars. The plastic **** is pretty thick. I can see it getting brittle over time, but that is at least a few years away. Just keep fresh grease on them every now and then and they (either premium or stanard) will last a very long time.

 

My WARN standards have been on since the truck was 5 years old everything is still in perfect working order and condition...plastic ***** and all! IF they do ever wear out I will more than likely replace them with Premiums because I prefer the 3/4 turn design over the 1/4 design.

 

My F250 still has the factory hubs, which are none other than Warn Standards with a red plastic dial...
For my 81 F100, I got some Premiums, the 9/10 turn engagement is more to my liking than the 1/4 turn(plus, the 1/4 turn hubs are near impossible to turn when it's -40....)

 

One vote for Superwinch. The guts are iron instead of aluminum. The outside is not pretty chrome, but there is no plastic either.

Jim

 

Still no problems with my WARN standards!

 

I got a set of Warn premiiums best hubs you can buy. Really good hub can hear them click so you know they are locked

 

I look for weak hubs. A broken hub is like a fuse in a circuit.

If I'm stressing the drivetrain to the point that standard Warn
hubs break, let them break.

It's cheaper to buy another pair of hubs (and now you have a
spare for next time!)

Hubs are cheaper than axles, diffs, etc.

Easier to replace than U-Joints, and less risk of secondary damage.