/wwwthreads_images/icons/shocked.gif Will, why are you getting rid of the hubs? In "lock" they will be just fine with the QT, and in "open" you can use "E" drive to just tool around using rear drive only??? Elucidate /wwwthreads_images/icons/wink.gif

CJDave

 

i haven't completely decided which way to put it back together but i need to take it apart today so i can drop off the two front housings to get the gears swapped.

 

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CJDave

 

if someone knows how to remove the lockout hubs so i can get to the wheel bearings, PLEASE tell me how.

 

Easy enough, 5 bolts take off the hubs, remove the rest, there are 2 very large nuts holding the hub on, one of them has a bent
washer as a lock, bend it flat, spin off the nut, off comes the rotor, etc. with bearings.
Hope this makes sense and helps.

Brad (from the 4 Wheeling center of the universe, 4 corners USA)

 

i took the five bolts out but the locking hub won't move more than 3/4 inch from the wheel hub. it acts like there is a snap ring somewhere on the end of the axle shaft but i can take the plastic hub off to get to it. i took the dial off but that doesn't seem to help either. it looks like just a spring between the plastic hub and the wheel hub is all that is holding it together. if i have to destroy the hub to get it off i will, but i need to get it apart today.

 

When you remove the 5 bolts, the hub should just fall right off. It is unlocked, right?

Brad (from the 4 Wheeling center of the universe, 4 corners USA)

 

There should be an internal snap ring after you removed the knob. Now the cam body and clutch retainer
can be removed to expose another snap ring on the axle. After it is remove, you should be able to
disassemble until you can remove the hub.

Ron

 

I just replaced my seals and bearing last weekend! The five bolts hold the hub in the wheel. The hubs must be unlocked when you remove them. As was said earlier in posts there are two, one small and one larger snap rings in place. The a flat nut with a washer bent over the back of it, as to prevent it from loosening. Then a washer and the next flat nut! I used a special tool to remove both nuts, that i got from a aprts store. My hub was frozen on the wheel, that could be the case for you. Then you have to deal with five more bolts that hold the outer wheel in place to the spindle. If you find the spindle frozen also let me know, I worked out a process that took about 4 hours a gallon of penetrating lube, a 3 pound sledge a torch, and a wooden block, you can get the picture from there!

 

Will,
I forgot to ask you if the lockouts were in two or four. They need to be in two wheel when you remove the lockout. Call me and I will see if I can talk you through it.

 

i feel pretty stupid now. the silicone used to seal the lockout to the hub was about 1/8 inch down each spline and stiff enough to not allow the hub body to come off the hub. i own three four wheel drives and my brother has one but none of them have lockouts. this is my first experience with them. i am very gratefull for the advice.