4wd Hubs

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

Sep 24, 2006 | 02:18 AM

billinvancouver

Thread Starter

New User

Joined: Aug 2005

Posts: 3

Likes: 0

4wd Hubs

I'm not sure why this is but my left 4wd hub is easy to turn and the right one is very hard to turn. Do I need to replace the right one to make it work as well as the left one? or is there is a way to fix.
Need info
thanks

Sep 24, 2006 | 07:00 AM

JOE-M

Elder User

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 851

Likes: 0

From: N. Georgia

No you don't need to replace it. Just take it off and soak it in a pan of transmission fluid for a while. Take it out and work it back and forth until it frees up. If you need to put it back in and soak it some more and work it again. Then dry them off and put a VERY LIGHT COAT of grease on them and put them back on. You might as well do both of them while your at it. To keep them free go out and turn them a few times every month. If they start tightening back up just clean them again.
Joe
p.s. welcome to FTE

Sep 24, 2006 | 09:52 AM

99f350sd

Lead Driver

Joined: May 2003

Posts: 9,303

Likes: 48

From: Lyndonville, Vermont

Throw them in the trash and get a set of warns..and never have an issue.. or soak em once a year..LOL

Dick

Sep 24, 2006 | 10:52 AM

TeamMudd

Posting Guru

Joined: Jun 2005

Posts: 1,268

Likes: 8

From: central Louisiana

Quote:

Originally Posted by 99f350sd

Throw them in the trash and get a set of warns..and never have an issue.. or soak em once a year..LOL
Dick

I second that motion!! you'll never have an issue! definetly worth the $170-$200!!

Sep 24, 2006 | 04:52 PM

JOE-M

Elder User

Joined: Sep 2004

Posts: 851

Likes: 0

From: N. Georgia

Quote:

Originally Posted by TeamMudd

I second that motion!! you'll never have an issue! definetly worth the $170-$200!!

Then all you have to do is get out in the mud and lock the hubs when you need them. I'm one of the lazy people who like to sit in the warm dry truck and flip a switch to have 4wd. I know it isn't as exciting as stomping in the mud, snow or rain to lock them, but i'll have to live with less excitement.
joe