Locking hubs use?
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Locking hubs use?
Yes you may leave the hubs locked while not in 4x4 on the t-case. Do not engage the t-case on dry and/or hard pavement. You will experience driveshaft binding and could damage the drivetrain.
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Locking hubs use?
>I am new to 4x4's. With the Tranfer case disengaged, can
>the the locking hubs be engaged for use on pavement and
>normal highway speeds for any length of time?
Ditto to what Les just said. I'd like to add, why would you want to? I firmly believe in using the 4x4 at least once a month for as long as I can to keep everything lubed but see no real reason to drive around with them locked. Unless you don't trust you ESOF... ;-)
I take my boys out during the summer months to some dirt, & sometimes muddy, roads up in NH, all in the name of lubrication!
>the the locking hubs be engaged for use on pavement and
>normal highway speeds for any length of time?
Ditto to what Les just said. I'd like to add, why would you want to? I firmly believe in using the 4x4 at least once a month for as long as I can to keep everything lubed but see no real reason to drive around with them locked. Unless you don't trust you ESOF... ;-)
I take my boys out during the summer months to some dirt, & sometimes muddy, roads up in NH, all in the name of lubrication!
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Locking hubs use?
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 03-Feb-02 AT 05:50 PM (EST)]Monsta,
I have been leaving them locked for the day or two after a snow storm. The highways are down to pavement but side streets, parking lots, etc can be icy or snow packed. Its for those days were its nice to be able to engage 4WD "on the fly". I do have manual hubs BTW. I backed up and got the rear on a snow bank and it sure was nice to shift into 4wheel without getting out of the cab.
I have been leaving them locked for the day or two after a snow storm. The highways are down to pavement but side streets, parking lots, etc can be icy or snow packed. Its for those days were its nice to be able to engage 4WD "on the fly". I do have manual hubs BTW. I backed up and got the rear on a snow bank and it sure was nice to shift into 4wheel without getting out of the cab.
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Locking hubs use?
Do the new 02's have the same hub system regardless of ESOF or lever shift? (meaning if I order lever shift I won't have to turn in the hubs to get 4wd like the old days)
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Locking hubs use?
O.K. - let me really show my stupidity and take this one step further.
For them whats had to deal with me before - you already know that "my" Ford is a F-350 CHassis for an Ambulance.
My question is:
On our truck it has the really nice Phoenix SS wheel simulators on it. Unfortunatly these "hide" the locking hubs. THere is a center snap out cap that will allow you to access the hub, however I have very bad feeligs that some of our folks are going to come in during bad weather at Zero Dark Thirty and fail to lock the hubs (for various reasons).
My question is - for average travel distance of 50 miles with a trip made less than once a day (more likely 3 Times a week average) would it hurt anything to simply lock them at the start of winter and unlock them in the spring ?? Or would I be much better off having an intensive driver training program and a "Reminder Plate" engraved and put next to the transfer case shift ?? (which I may do anyway)
Thanks again for the help folks - when it comes to truck - YOU are the life savers
Stephen
For them whats had to deal with me before - you already know that "my" Ford is a F-350 CHassis for an Ambulance.
My question is:
On our truck it has the really nice Phoenix SS wheel simulators on it. Unfortunatly these "hide" the locking hubs. THere is a center snap out cap that will allow you to access the hub, however I have very bad feeligs that some of our folks are going to come in during bad weather at Zero Dark Thirty and fail to lock the hubs (for various reasons).
My question is - for average travel distance of 50 miles with a trip made less than once a day (more likely 3 Times a week average) would it hurt anything to simply lock them at the start of winter and unlock them in the spring ?? Or would I be much better off having an intensive driver training program and a "Reminder Plate" engraved and put next to the transfer case shift ?? (which I may do anyway)
Thanks again for the help folks - when it comes to truck - YOU are the life savers
Stephen
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