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AUTO LOCKING HUBS

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AUTO LOCKING HUBS

Post by suzi racing »

I broke one of my auto locking hubs on a 2lt v6 95 vitara on the weekend and just wondering if anyone has ever converted to a manual locking hub off a sierra? If so how hard is it to convert?
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Post by joeblow »

just use a vitara hub.they look better.
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Post by suzi racing »

So I take it that its a straight swap?
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Post by Huggy »

yeah straight swap should take you 1/2 hour to do
Now with locked diff to keep up with rav4s
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Post by christover1 »

I'm guessing the auto hubs are vaccuum operated, so when fitting manual hubs, be sure to block off the vac hose, or it may effect engine performance (guessing, do not know fer sure)

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Post by joeblow »

no,only jimnys have vaccum hubs.the vitara auto hubs are fully mechanical.
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Post by christover1 »

joeblow wrote:no,only jimnys have vaccum hubs.the vitara auto hubs are fully mechanical.
Good, that makes it simple then, kewl.
Out of curiosity how do they work?

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Post by Aerenandmel »

I brought a hilux with auto mech hubs, dont know if hey were busted or not but they would only lock going forward, If I had to reverse they would not lock. they went in the bin real quik.
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Post by high n mighty »

christover1 wrote:
joeblow wrote:no,only jimnys have vaccum hubs.the vitara auto hubs are fully mechanical.
Good, that makes it simple then, kewl.
Out of curiosity how do they work?

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But I am curious also on Christover's question.
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