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Feb 17, 2003 | 06:15 PM

1991rangerford

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Tips for installing manual hubs

I just ordered a set of mile marker manual hubs.

Well, they should be here by friday!

Any tips/tricks that will help me out on the install?

Special tools i should pick up?

One more thing, the mile marker hubs are quite a deal. 160 bucks for everything, and the warns from most places are 150-170, PLUS 50 for the conversion kit! thats insane. i saved myself well over 50 bucks.

Not sure how well these perfer for serious off roading, but for simple snow 4x4ing i should be set )

THanks all

Feb 17, 2003 | 09:26 PM

mrshorty

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Tips for installing manual hubs

You'll need the 4 prong spanner wrench for installing the locknuts. I put milemarkers on my explorer this last summer. Only thing I'll mention is check out the conversion kit you get from milemarker carefully. The locknuts I got from milemarker were not machined properly and wouldn't fit the spanner wrench. I made do, but I should have taken them back and had them try again as soon as I discovered that they didn't fit the wrench right.

Feb 19, 2003 | 08:13 AM

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My MMs only cost $60, and the "conversion kit" is only $12, but you don't need that. Only auto hubs with 3 cap screws need the $12 kit.

Feb 19, 2003 | 09:53 AM

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for EVERY OTHER ford truck the hubs are much cheaper here is off the autozone site

For a 1991 Ford ranger 4x4 4.0 EFI

MILE_MARKER 428 3 MO $112.77
IF O.E.M. AUTOMATIC HUBS, A CONVERSION KIT IS REQURIED
TO CONVERT TO MANUAL HUBS

MILE_MARKER
HUB CONVERSION KIT 95-27997 $36.01

For a 1991 Ford F-150

MILE_MARKER
STREET MASTER (STD.) 302 3 MO $58.99
CHROME -- IF O.E.M. AUTOMATIC HUBS, A CONVERSION KIT
IS REQUIRED TO CONVERT TO MANUAL HUBS

Big Diff..i don't understand why!

Is it because full size trucks/broncos are so much more popular than the ranger pickups? Who knows but its a bit of a pain when i looked at warns for a f150 for 80 bucks and then you get 160 bucks for rangers from warn!

The only thing i care is that my 4x4 works, and i get rid of the useless autohubs(never liked them on any of the 4x4s i've owned)

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Feb 19, 2003 | 04:50 PM

Toddy

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Tips for installing manual hubs

i used a dental pick every time i put new bearings or cleaning the hubs it is a nice thing to have in your tool box.I have big fingers so getting the lock ring on the spanner nut is sometimes a pain. just a thought.

Feb 19, 2003 | 06:38 PM

AlM

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yo,
Here is some info; enter your year and ranger;
http://www.4x4cyberstore.com/website...l_hubs_01.html

and:

As toddy advised, the dental pick type tool (wally mart or napa, etc for $5.00) helps immensely. Some pals use small flat bladed screwdrivers; some even have used finishing nails, esp if in a money bind.
http://www.cumminstools.com/browse.cfm/4,466.html

use the lube that comes with the kit; don't over-lube the new hubs. My gallery has a few tech article links by other Ford pals, incl. Steve83 and Chris B.
.

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Feb 19, 2003 | 11:10 PM

steve83

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Feb 20, 2003 | 06:54 PM

trucker41

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Tips for installing manual hubs

$80.00 maybe for a half ton I just put MM on my one ton they were $157.00 Warrens were $200.00. Thats not having to buy any conversion. Already had manuale lock out.

Feb 20, 2003 | 10:31 PM

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Tips for installing manual hubs

all you really need is the 4 prong 4wheel drive tool. you can rent it at auto zone and take it back when your done cause its not an every day tool that you use. thats what i did its way better than buying the tool and never using it again

Feb 23, 2003 | 07:00 PM

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Tips for installing manual hubs

well i got my hubs friday, i bought the 4x4 socket for 20 bucks at napa, figured i might as well just keep it in my tool box )

Installation was a snap, this was the first set i've ever put on and i did it in an hour total.

They work great! Even got some snow to check out the 4x4 in.

If you are looking for a cheaper alternative to Warn hubs, the MileMarkers are the way to go!