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I'm going to replace my hubs some day soon,... WARNs are out of their minds ($500 +), e-Bay/Amazon Chinese hubs are $70. Has anyone put a set of the cheap-o's on and how long do they last? I currently have my third set of hubs on the truck (warranty every time) but they don't live long, I'm old school and turn them all the time, I prefer the manual method....but once again I need a pliers to turn them.
I'd love to know how you're going through them so fast, but if you prefer the manual method, why not just leave the stock ones in and manually lock them like you would anyway?
I sure as chit wouldn't be throwing any cheap chinese knockoff crap on my truck.
3rd set....you are doing some serious driving in some crappy conditions OR.....you aren't doing it right.
BTW Warn makes the OEM locking hubs....IF you are a manual operation guy then by all means give us the piece of mind to spend $500 ONCE...we might never hear about this issue from you again.
I'd love to know how you're going through them so fast, but if you prefer the manual method, why not just leave the stock ones in and manually lock them like you would anyway?
I sure as chit wouldn't be throwing any cheap chinese knockoff crap on my truck.
I blame it on road salt, they still work in auto and manual...but they are impossible to rotate by hand. The dealer had no problem replacing them while the truck had a warranty, but the warranty has expired and they are hard as hell to turn. On my '97 F350 I never had this problem (after 18 years of ownership), these new hubs are garbage and figure they can't be worse than the chinese units lol
I've been adding lube periodically where the **** rotates in the metal housing since my first hubs got stiff. My third set,.... I'm done with OEM. However, if they are made by Warn, their hubs are supposed to have a life time warranty. Can someone post a link to the OEM Warn hubs on these trucks?
I would lightly spray the gaps from the outside with Fluid Film, maybe every 6 months or annually. That should creep into the cervices and prevent the oxidation he shows in that video and allow smooth rotation of the ****. If pulling the hub, then wipe down the inner surface with FF too. In a protected areas like the inside of the hub and in the gaps around the ****, FF will last for years and prevent rust or aluminum oxidation.
This is basically what Ford did to fix mine........twice
Yeah, and looked at the corrosion and ignored it too like Arod.... I would take them apart at home and as said before FF them while they are new.
(and please send me your next replaced set for when I break one of mine)
