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OK every one, I know, "I told you so". One front hub failed to lock.
So.. What manual hubs fit. Zute says they look a lot like early Pajero!
Can I pick up second hand units that will fit and how much should I expect to pay, or does ARB or some one have them off the shelf, how much?
Also after having removed the hub, drained the water and repacked the bearings, I am puzzled how the vacuum units actual work. Does any one know where I can get an exploded view of the hub
Dare to be different!!
Kia Sportage 40mm Springs 235/75-15 MTRs Manual Hubs
Don't throw away your old vacuum hubs. As a fallback, they can be modified to be permanantly engaged (The "Canadian" modification), useful to use if one of your manual hubs throws a wobbly out in the middle of nowhere. (I shattered one of my Warns along the splines into about 6 segments)
First of all carefully spring the circlip from the knuckle side of the hub using a screwdriver (can spring out quite forcibly and cut your fingers, or it can be a stubborn SOB to remove). It is reasonably self explanatory once you have the hub apart, but what you do is to place the spring on the other side of the sliding part of the inner hub so that it pushes in to the (direction of the) knuckle instead of being held out by the spring, and reassemble.
Not recommended as a permanant cure, but will get you out of trouble. It does of course mean that the differential is connected to the axle on the affected side untill you get a new manual hub, so don't expect to get the same fuel economy, it gets worse by 1-2 l/100km, and it will increase the wear and tear on the diff/CV's in the long term.
As for the bullbar, dont think of it as a dent, think of it move lovingly as "Mother Natures Signature".....
"Ricers" write all the specs of their engine, suspension, and brake's etc, on the side of their car. We alllow Mother Nature to write a trip report on the side of ours...
George Carlin, an American Comedian said; "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realise that half of them are stupider than that".
Ah well.