front hub spring *help please*

[chevy wrangler]

i was gonna re pack my front bearings and noticed there were no hub springs inside of em

sooo what do i do??

what is the whole purpose of them??

any help is greatly appreciated

 

[tarussell]

Dude ,
gonna need to know what we are working on ??? What kind of hubs do you have on your truck ?

The spring returns the gear so that it engages the mating gear so that the axle is linked to the hub . Most likely your hubs will not lock if it is missing.

HTH's Tom

 

[chevy wrangler]

oh sorry its a d44 and it is on my 73 blazer

i think there warn hubs but not too sure

 

[tarussell]

Warns are the most popular replacement hubs ( and O.E.M. since 1981 ) but a pic will do so much to decribe what Ya' got.
Do your hubs work at this time ?

 

[chevy wrangler]

yeah they do,


the dial turns 1/4 of the way to lock and 1/4 to the other, i was gonna put the springs i have as a spare but dont have the race/ or washer for it where it hits the bearing

 

[4X4HIGH]

The springs and cups you're talking about are only used with the factory drive slugs on the fulltime 4x4. Those get removed when you install manual locking hubs.

 

[chevy wrangler]

so the spring wont dig into the bearing??

 

[4X4HIGH]

You don't use the cup or spring.

 

[chevy wrangler]

no??

sweet thanks

 

[tarussell]

You don't use the cup or spring.

I did not even think of that ! I assumed it was a part time truck from the get go . Sorry for the confusion , I was thinking that he had some Spicer hubs on the truck.

Tom

 

[chevy wrangler]

it has a 203 w/a part time kit

 

[tarussell]

it has a 203 w/a part time kit

I skipped right over your Blazer in your signature and went right to the 75 K-10 with the 465/205 and assumed about the manual hubs .

Tom

 

[chevy wrangler]

no problem thanks for all your help guys