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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 06:31 PM
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I was pulling my friend's chevy out of the mud and i put the 4wd on and the front wheels woudn't spin so i got and had t lock the hubs. Any suggestions?
 
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 07:07 PM
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Most common failure is vacuum leak at the hubs, either the hose is split or the hubs themselves have lost thier seal. Best fix is to dump the factory hubs and get a set of Warn's in there and cap off the vacuum line.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 07:34 PM
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yep, i agree. i have the warn Premium hubs, and i just tackled the easy job of capping the vaccuum lines today. the hardest part was taking the front tires off. PM me or yell if you want some pics.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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Warn premium hubs are the way to. Cheaper then the OEM and much better quality IMO. Took me about 3-5 minutes apiece to change them out.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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Warn premium hubs are the way to. Cheaper then the OEM and much better quality IMO. Took me about 3-5 minutes apiece to change them out
Thats what I would do.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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vacuum lines: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...t/DSCF2482.jpg
 
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