How to install manual hubs

 · Step 1. Use a 9/inch hex bit to remove the six socket-head hub screws that hold the OEM manual locking hub’s cap in Step 2: Remove the cap to expose the locking hub assembly. Step 3: Use the blade of a small screwdriver to lift up the exposed end . Manual hubs get rarer to find on vehicles every day. 4wd systems have gotten better over the years but the new ones rely on pesky electronics, cables, and/or vacuum lines. Read more to see what parts I used and lots of pics on how I swapped to manual hubs on my Suzuki www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins. After removing the drive-flange, it's a simple task to put the new hubs on as well. Separate the cover plate from the hub body, and apply the liquid gasket-maker to the wheel flange and to the backside of the hub body. Let it gum up a minute or two, then press the two together and install the six bolts.

Locking hub were invented to engage/disengage the front wheels from the front axle shafts. Idea was to keep parts that were not needed in 2WD mode from rotating in order to reduce mechanical drag and thus save gas. Good idea but the savings are extremely minimal. A proposed additional benefit of locking hubs is less wear and tear of front axle. Quick video to show just how easy it is to install manual locking / free wheeling www.doorway.ru to the hubs I bought: www.doorway.ru Installing Manual Locking Hubs: 1. If replacing automatic locking hubs with manual locking hubs reinstall the axle shaft splined steel washer or needle thrust bearing and the axle retaining ring. 2. Install the Hublock assembly against the wheel hub and rotor. 3. Install the wheel and tire and torque the lug nuts to 85 to ft-lb.

Dec I have searched and found nothing I just bought the Warn front hubs. I know there is a vacuum line you have to block off, right? Dec This removal/installation was performed on a XLT 4x4 that came with factory Auto Locking Hubs. I imagine this would work with the late. Nov So, I now have a NP in the GW and thought it would be nice to put manual hubs in the front axle, so I ordered up some Warn Premium.