manual locking hubs
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manual locking hubs
tonight i locked myself out of my house. lol. but i did have my truck keys and some tools so started messing around with my truck and found that my locking hubs were loose. i tightened the passenger side and it was just fine, but the drivers side when i tightened it would move back and fourth about 1/16 inch. and when i would lock the hub in and move the axle shaft by hand the hub would move the 1/16 and stop. kind of hard to explain.
how would i fix this take it apart and put a shim behind it?
another is it hard to do front wheel bearing?
how would i fix this take it apart and put a shim behind it?
another is it hard to do front wheel bearing?
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i have no clue. i couldn't get the drivers side off because a bolt head is rounded off. what does the locking ring look like when i take it off.
this is the first 4wd i have owned so i have no clue how this thing looks or works, so pardon my ignorance.
matt
this is the first 4wd i have owned so i have no clue how this thing looks or works, so pardon my ignorance.
matt
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Here's a picture of the assembly in a manual lockout:
The lock ring is a large ring with a portion cut out that snaps into a groove in the hub housing to prevent the lockout assembly from sliding out. After you remove the lockout cap this is the first piece to come out. Here is a picture of an auto hub, the lock ring on the manual looks just like this one:
The lock ring is a large ring with a portion cut out that snaps into a groove in the hub housing to prevent the lockout assembly from sliding out. After you remove the lockout cap this is the first piece to come out. Here is a picture of an auto hub, the lock ring on the manual looks just like this one:
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last night when i took the passenger side off the only thing that came off was the cap. it had three little prongs sticking out from it with a bunch of other stuff. inside of the hub there was (what i could see) a spline with a snap ring and something around the spline that the three little prongs went into. how do i go about taking this all out, do i have to remove the snap ring to get it out, or does it just come out.
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i just finished taking the passenger side apart and it had all the parts. and it still has the front to back movement. i figure that either this is normal or it is time to retire these hubs and get a new set.
i looked while i had them apart for a name to be stamped on it, to see who made them but i didn't find anything.
i looked while i had them apart for a name to be stamped on it, to see who made them but i didn't find anything.
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