Full time /manual hub locks

[Chevk587]

Ive been doing some serious wheeling and have pretty much come to terms that my rig is just gonna be a trail rig . Still debating on which to go with . As of right now I’m using mile marker manual lock hub but one has completely failed me , had to get crafty on the trail and use the bottom of can A’s a shim to keep four wheel drive engaged . Just curious about brands your using and durability thanks.

 

[sweetk30]

trail rug to me or BIG H.P. = slugs .

any real street use other than house to local play area = selectable hubs = spicer / yukon . and they fail LOCKED to get you home unlike some other brands .

 

[obijuank5]

I'm a dedicated wheeler and I run spicer lockouts. It really was nice to unlock them when I broke a shaft and it didnt ruin the inner c.
I unlock em periodically to run around campgrounds where I dont want to rut up the place.

 

[MTBLAZER89]

I'm a dedicated wheeler and I run spicer lockouts. It really was nice to unlock them when I broke a shaft and it didnt ruin the inner c.
I unlock em periodically to run around campgrounds where I dont want to rut up the place.

Are you still on 30 splines?

 

[obijuank5]

No, they are 35 spline broached gears.
Forgot to note that. Pretty important. That is not how spicers are in stock form, they will need work to run bigger shafts.

 

[skunked]

I wouldn't have a problem running slugs in your shoes. @onetonbb74 runs slugs and he can pop the lids off and make them open within a few minutes (if needed). I only know this because we needed his trailer for a broken rig so his K5 was driven down the hill to ruffstuff for parts.

 

[6.2Blazer]

As long as you don't have a spool or welded diff in the front you won't notice much, if any, issues driving down the street if the t-case is in 2wd. Well, I guess if you have some crazy driveshaft angle or something you may get some vibrations and some extra wear but you are just rotating the shaft and putting any torque through it. Keep in mind that a lot of 4wd trucks over the years have not had locking hubs, this goes for part time and full-time 4wd, and from the very first 4wd trucks to modern stuff. The trucks made within the last two decades with some sort of locking hubs or front axle disconnects were primarily just for fuel economy reasons.

It was stated above, but a buddy ran drive slugs on his rig and just pulled the drive gears out and put the caps back on when driving long distances on the road. Probably took 5-10 minutes so not a big deal when you drive 1-3 hours to get to the trail once or twice a month, so not like you are doing it all the time.

 

[Chevk587]

Gonna try theses .

 

[ramack]

trail rugto me or BIG H.P. = slugs .

any real street use other than house to local play area = selectable hubs = spicer / yukon . and they fail LOCKED to get you home unlike some other brands .

Failure mode is locked! That's handy to know!

 

[Stephen]

View attachment 320509 Gonna try theses .

The problem with those is that the hub cab bolts to the drive gear and you can't run the cap without the gear. This is why ours have a separate bolt ring for the hub cap. Pop the slug out and put the cap back on to drive it. It also lets you play games with pre-loading the stub a little to keep the seals tight against the back of the spindle which can help when playing in water. Seems like this would be a really simple part but after you mess with it, there are details...

I used to run warns 35 spl, then MM/Tera 35 spline and with those we swapped slugs in when doing hard stuff. Now we leave yukon hubs or dynatrac hubs on pretty much everything and they're strong enough to deal with it. I went through 3 Tera hubs on one hard trip and luckily Yukon came out with their stuff right after that. Dynatrac has had really good hubs since they came out but pricing is hard on those. Both of these are designed similar to the old spicer hubs.

Race car or tube chassis, probably slugs - pretty much everything else, hubs work fine.