converting fulltime 4x4 to part time on a D44

[broncoman6524]

just like the title, do i just knock the little silver caps outof the axle and tear it down a normal fornt end, or is it diff?

i can just put the "guts" from my spare 6-lug into the 8-lug fullltime right?

 

[boz42]

pull or knock of the cover, should have 2 snap rings. Take them out & pull the drive-flange out. Then just install lock-outs in the usual manner.

as long as both are internal style yes. they use the same lockout

 

[Dafey]

Do you just buy these and swap them in?

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MMK%2D302&N=700+4294847748+115&autoview=sku

I was fixing to ask this very question myself..LOL

 

[broncoman6524]

as long as both are internal style yes. they use the same lockout

damn i feel ike a noob haha. im not sure how to tell...on the 8lug fulltime hubs there are like "notches" in them at the base of the hub...but not on the 6lug axle.

should taht hinder me in anyway?

 

[jackedjimmy350]

In the pic on the link, the externals are on the left, internals on the right.

http://www.warn.com/truck/hubs/premium_hubs.shtml

 

[boz42]

Do you just buy these and swap them in?

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=MMK%2D302&N=700+4294847748+115&autoview=sku

I was fixing to ask this very question myself..LOL

yes

 

[boz42]

damn i feel ike a noob haha. im not sure how to tell...on the 8lug fulltime hubs there are like "notches" in them at the base of the hub...but not on the 6lug axle.

should taht hinder me in anyway?

Not sure I am folowing? Are you talking about the lockout hub or the bearing hub?? some pics showing what you are talking about would help a lot too.

 

[broncoman6524]

mkay these arent my pics the house is locked up and mommy would freak if i went down to the shop...

thats what the 1/2 tons hub looks like

and well i cant find a pic of the one int he shop. it looks like the above, except for the part where the hub meets the flange ont eh disc. the disc has a bunch of like squares cut out...but thats prolly normal haha

 

[boz42]

yes that is normal & has nothing to do w/ the lockouts. Those square cut-outs are on the rotor. You will not be in there that far.

 

[boz42]

Like this but on a frt hub instead of the rear?

 

[broncoman6524]

yes exactly. once i thought about it i feel 110% retarted

ah well now i know...

diff topic the 14ff...ive got a srw to pull the drums i need to remove the axle shafts and then what? i have never quite understood these things...

 

[boz42]

pull the axle shaft, remove bearing preload adjusters (just like a frt hub) & pull the hub, the drum will come w/ it.