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We just bought my wife a '96 Broncho Eddie Bauer.
I want to put manual hubs on it as I did with my '93 F150. The Broncho has a three screw cap where mine had five.
Any forseeable additional installation problems?
Any suggestion on recomened brand(s)?
Thanking you ...
I want to put manual hubs on it as I did with my '93 F150. The Broncho has a three screw cap where mine had five.
Any forseeable additional installation problems?
Any suggestion on recomened brand(s)?
Thanking you ...
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yo hunter!
look @ Tony G's outstanding Warn conversion DIY'er on same:
http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/rdu/t/g/tgaunce/bronco/warn_manuals/warn_hubs.html
and Mat's:
http://www.mechanicmatt.com/index.mm?ServicePage=HubConversion
and Patrick's on Milemarker hubs:
http://www.patricksnorton.com/hubs.html
Those dental pick type tools are avail. @ Wally Mart, etc..some use nails or smal;l flate bl. screwdrivers.
need a torx screw bit as well...and the ford hub tool...torque wrench (up to ~205 lbs+"...
Automatic hubs held on by 3 cap screws will need the conversion kit avail by these mfgr's at pep boys, summit napa, etc..the hub tool is avail there as well for 15-20 bucks
Warn
http://www.warn.com/Home/
or Milemarker
http://www.milemarker.com/
or Superwinch
http://www.superwinch.com/swhubs.htm
I think all these links are still in my Gallery here as well as other DIY and tech stuff you may want to look at on her Bronco
look @ Tony G's outstanding Warn conversion DIY'er on same:
http://personal.rdu.bellsouth.net/rdu/t/g/tgaunce/bronco/warn_manuals/warn_hubs.html
and Mat's:
http://www.mechanicmatt.com/index.mm?ServicePage=HubConversion
and Patrick's on Milemarker hubs:
http://www.patricksnorton.com/hubs.html
Those dental pick type tools are avail. @ Wally Mart, etc..some use nails or smal;l flate bl. screwdrivers.
need a torx screw bit as well...and the ford hub tool...torque wrench (up to ~205 lbs+"...
Automatic hubs held on by 3 cap screws will need the conversion kit avail by these mfgr's at pep boys, summit napa, etc..the hub tool is avail there as well for 15-20 bucks
Warn
http://www.warn.com/Home/
or Milemarker
http://www.milemarker.com/
or Superwinch
http://www.superwinch.com/swhubs.htm
I think all these links are still in my Gallery here as well as other DIY and tech stuff you may want to look at on her Bronco
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Joined: May 2002
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From: Clifton USA
Auto Hubs
Key words here "3 screw cap". AIM touched on the fact that you will need a conversion kit in order to put the manual hubs in. You definately will. If you don't use the conversion kit, you will not have any locking mechanism to prevent the spindle hub nut from loosening over time. The only problem here is that you will need one hub tool to get the original nut out, and another to put the new ones from the conversion kit in. The one to put the new ones from the conversion kit in is a pretty standard one that you can get almost anywhere. For the other one, I tried a couple of different places to see if I could rent it, but they only had the standard one, which I already had from my '88. Finally found the other one for sale at Autozone for only $11. Only used it once, but the $11 was not worth the aggravation of trying to get the stock nut out without it.
Mike
Mike
