4X4 Problem
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4X4 Problem
I have been having a problem with hubs not locking in when I switch to 4X4 on the dash, this has been a problem since I bought this truck a year ago. So I lock my hubs in manually but the passenger side would not lock in, went to Ford and bought a new hub (ESOF) and pulled the side that was not locking in and too my surprise it was a manual hub, that explains why my hubs would not lock with switch on the dash. The problem is the new hub will not go in the hub, 3 of us tried and the hub will just not go in. after about an hour we gave up. The dealership looked up the hub using my vin # but it will not even start. We compared both hubs and they are the same size, spline and diameter, what could be the problem?
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It was no problem getting the hub off.
Yes Ford dose make A/M hubs for the dually. Warn dose not make a manual hub for a dually.
Yes Ford dose make A/M hubs for the dually. Warn dose not make a manual hub for a dually.
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I put the old one back on and was able to lock it in, we got another 7 inches of snow yesterday on top of the 9 inches we already have and are expecting another storm again Saturday. I need my 4X4 and right now it is working but I would like to get it back to ESOF.
Just can't figure out why the new one will not go in. The snap ring is a bitch to get back in on a dually, took 2 of us to get it back in as the wheel adapter is so deep no room to work.
Hook it, I'll pull it.
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Try taking the wheel spacer off next time you give this a try. Easy to take off and put back on.
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Sometimes it's a PITA to get the locking hub back in. The last time I had mine out the driver's side went in smooth as silk and the passenger side took me nearly an hour. It was trial and error. I would spin the inside splines between tries and kept trying until it slid in (and this was on the same locking hub I took out). I don't know where the misalignment was, but it took almost an hour of random attempts before it slide right on.
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