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Manual Locking Hubs- Broken Spring

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Manual Locking Hubs- Broken Spring

Post by mitch86 »

Hey,

Have a SWB Vitara. The spring inside the manual locking hub has snapped. is there a company that can make new springs?

local wrecker wanted $100 for a whole hub that was older than mine. wouldnt sell spring seperate.

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Post by Gwagensteve »

Ask another wrecker.

Custom springs are expensive.

Ps why did the spring break? I've never seen that before.

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Post by v6hilux »

Gwagensteve wrote:Ps why did the spring break? I've never seen that before.
I've seen it heaps of times with the AISIN hubs.
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Post by NIK »

There is supose to be 2 springs in the hub, Ive seen some very neglected hubs but never seen a spring break either.
If you have a manual check that first, or undo the other side to compare.
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Post by zook4fun »

hey i have a set. pm me to sort it out if you want

or get a new warn set, they are strong as.
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Post by chops_Drover »

Just go to a spring works place they will make up a new spring for about $10. Thats what I was quoted.

I had never heard of the springs breaking either before this happened. The hub wasn't in the best nick though when I pulled it apart.
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Post by Gwagensteve »

zook4fun wrote:hey i have a set. pm me to sort it out if you want

or get a new warn set, they are strong as.
I'd put money on them not being as strong as Aisin.

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Post by zook4fun »

have both sitting on my bench. the warn set use thicker gauge springs and have nearly a full turn to lock in. look stronger to me.
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Post by mitch86 »

cheers.

well theres only one spring not two in mine. and its snapped dead in the middle. was always hard to turn but i put to much pressure on it and i think thats what caused the snap, plus it was coverd in rust.
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Post by bigzuk »

mitch86 wrote:cheers.

well theres only one spring not two in mine. and its snapped dead in the middle. was always hard to turn but i put to much pressure on it and i think thats what caused the snap, plus it was coverd in rust.
i had the same issue only i had no rust on mine....made it rather difficult for the rest of the day being in 2 wheel drive :x
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Post by mitch86 »

you should be able to still put in 4x4 ! would of been a pain in the but in 2wd.

once the hub case is off an spring is already out you can use your fingers to engage it in or out for temp fix.
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