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Apr 19, 2021 | 04:46 AM

#46

ATC Crazy

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Originally Posted by Flyct

Amazon hint if you don’t know it. Site https://camelcamelcamel.com/ lets you look at price history and set a price where an item and will notify you when it reaches your set price. I use it to monitor oil prices and other items.

Yeah, I've used the Camels for a while now. I think I set the price too low, as I haven't got an email on them yet. I just missed the lowest price in 2 years now that you made me check

Apr 19, 2021 | 05:00 AM

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ATC Crazy

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Originally Posted by Sport45

Why not just disconnect the vacuum from the hubs you have and use them manually. Seems to me that would have the same effect and not cost any more than a vacuum cap.

The Warn hubs are stronger, more easily serviceable, easier to buy replacement parts if needed, and have no plastic in them like the OEMs.

Ford even offers them through Ford Performance now:
https://fordauthority.com/2020/05/fo...d-performance/

https://performanceparts.ford.com/part/M-1104-SD

Warn:

OEM:

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Apr 19, 2021 | 05:13 PM

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SteveH-CO

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My lovely Ford PVH hubs suffered from not only a failure to lock, but a failure to unlock. This means that you may be driving 3 hours on the freeway with a single hub locked. You cannot forcibly unlock a Ford auto hub - the positions are 'auto' and 'lock'.

I tossed them and installed MileMarker manual hubs (lifetime warranty) when they were on sale years ago for $99 (now $150 at Summit Racing). These only fit Fords through '04.