an easy and simple improvement to the ford ranger. if I can do it, you can to – i’m 16 and the only other mechanical experience I have is a couple oil and fi…
an easy and simple improvement to the ford ranger. if I can do it, you can to – i’m 16 and the only other mechanical experience I have is a couple oil and fi…
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Does anyone know if this would fit on a Mazda B4000 4×4 1999. I found a lot
of those online for ford Ranger 1998 but for what I understand the Ford
Ranger 1998 part fit on 2001 Mazda and up. I cant find any that is
specified to work with Mazda B4000 1999.
What manual hubs did you use? Everyone I see shows for the international
model only. Please help with the part number
Hello, thanks for the video. I was wondering if you still have to engage
the electronic switch in order to engage the transfer case (probably?).
what if you leave the hubs locked and disengage the transfer switch? please
I just ordered those.
Has anyone put manual lockouts on a 2000 XLT Ranger 4×4 5 speed manual
transmission w/4.0 liter engine? Dose not have manual or auto hubs. Front
drive train rotates all the time.
So you no longer have 4 wheel drive?
What do you do with the vacuum lines after you remove the auto hubs?
i just got those hubs for xmas, they’re pretty nice
can i use that for my Kia sportage old model 2006,? my 4wd is not
functioning
@sovietsks45 so what all was in that conversion? seals and plugs?
did you need a conversion kit? cuz i have a 95 F150 4×4 with a d44 axel it
said i need a covesion kit
why do you have to clean and re-grease these hubs every time you drive
threw deep water or mud? should’nt the O-ring keep all that crap out?
please respond. i have a 98 ranger with the same problem and am thinking of
just throwing these on there
almost any modern vehicle that switches between 4×4 and 2×4 will have
locking hubs for efficiency, there are exceptions with some cars and suv’s.
most modern ones are automatic; they engage by vacuum or electricity with
the same lever/button/switch that engages the transfer case
Did this truck have IFS or TTB, because i have a 99 ford ranger with IFS
and i was wondering if i could switch the hubs.
ah okay thanks for splaining it. So funny how people think automation is so
great
the hubs have been great but you have to understand that if you go through
water or anything, to take them off and clean them, then re-oil with
lithium grease. i didn’t do that and after two Canadian winters and driving
through mud and water above the rockers and not cleaning them once, one
rusted and jammed, it blew apart inside. summit racing sent me two new ones
free, so there good as long as you take care of them. also, its a good idea
to disable the axle vac pump to help w mud geting inside
You can swap the hubs without taking the wheel off, all I took off was the
center cap. Does anyone know of any decent looking center caps that allow
access to the manual hub? I hate having to take my centers off every time I
want to roll the hubs. Also if anyone has found a way to disable to the
vacuum to the hubs without messing up the rest of the vac system, I would
be glad to hear about it. For now I just have the hoses plugged and sealed.
if your transfer case is still in 2wd (the switch) only the rear tires will
be powered. if the front hubs are locked, the front axleshafts and
driveshaft will rotate when the vehicle is moving, but the front tires will
not be powered. if the hubs are unlocked, the front axleshafts will not be
locked to the wheels. as long as the t-case is in 2wd, only the back wheels
will be powered. unlocking the hubs while in 2wd will give you better fuel
economy.
Thank u did help my husband to ur lesson 🙂
I had that in mind when I was doing this- more than half the weight was
still on that little bottle jack which is why you can see the truck shaking
a little at one point in the video. the jackstands were more there as a
failsafe. thanks for the compliment thou!
@davidsquall351 thank for your concern- i can see now how much it was
wobbling- usually when working on my vehicles i set them right down on the
stand but this jack was a pain in the butt-just wanted to get this job over
with (my hydraulic jack finally started leaking and wouldn’t lift more than
about 4.5-5 inches, got a new one now) .
Quick question. When I switch my 99 ranger to 4×4 I hear it click but the
front tires don’t spin. If I put manual hubs on would I have to still use
the switch to put the truck in low gears? Or do I put the auto transmission
in 1st or 2nd to have it in low gears
where do you live?
How are manual hubs an improvement? More durable? I have manual hubs now
but I thought autos would be more desireable :S
id clean it with brake cleaner before u install the new hubs in to make
sure u dont have any metal shavings or dirt inside there good video tho!
ok, power flows from the t-case down the front drive shaft to the pinion
which turns the ring gear. the power is split to both axle-shafts through
the differential, out to the wheels. when i take off the hub, see the
splined shaft in the middle? that is the end of the axle shaft, without a
locking hub, it would spin with no ability to transfer power to the wheel.
the hub locks the axle shaft to the ?hub/tire/wheel? assembly. does this
make sence now? some 4×4’s use drive flanges which dontunlock
Hey when you switched to these are you satisfied with the manual hubs
themselves? have aany problems with them ever or anything? I need to get
these for my 98 ranger. my auto hubs are pieces of shit and with all the
mud and water i go through they break and fail all the time . lol
i took ’em off and left them off-not digging the gaudy chrome plastic in
the first place.
i understand what’s the use of differential lock but never understand how
or what locking hubs are for…
TTB is what ford called the new supension used on 80-96 ford fulsize
trucks, Twin Traction Beam. But i have on my ranger a true independint
front suspension, But ether way it is a good vid, and i have the exact same
problem with my ranger as you do.
so how is it important to lock when off roading?
No
I NEED HELP! I have a 93 ranger 4×4 xlt and its bpush button 4×4. When i
press the button NOTHING lights up. No noises or anything 🙁 someone please
help.
hahahaha look how unsafe that shit is. look at the jack. That shit is
leaning. Bro you have a large set of grapes to be doing that shit man.
@999equalizer And what your little mind cant seem to grasp is the fact that
the red jacl stand is in grass and dirt…Not concrete…Jack stand or not
it still has a good possibility of sinking in the ground and
falling…..moral of the story is “He still has a large set of nuts for
doing this”…
how do you disable the axle vac pump?
thanks very helpful
@tanman57 if it is the hubs that are the point of failure, switching to
manual hubs would allow you to have 4×4. the main function of the switch is
to control the transfer case, so yes, you would still have to use the
switch to put the truck in four wheel drive and to select between high and
low range. also check if the shift motor of the t-case isn’t faulty, which
can cause a clicking and problems shifting into 4×4 or low/high range. Good
luck!
@Dubboyy my old s10 did that, you could here it go into 4wd but the front
wheels wouldnt spin, it was a bad vacuum plunger. easy fix on mine. easy to
find out if that it or not, just see if it depresses or not
@sovietsks45 for this application i didn’t use nor need a conversion kit.
if it is recommended, i would get it. the dana 44 is a far more simple
platform that the ranger’s torsion bar ifs so i cant imagine what the kit
would include beside the hubs and new o-rings, maybe a bypass for the
vac-pump? let me know how it works out.
you absolutely can remove the hubs with stock aluminum rims or many steel
rims. not all centers allow for that clearance.