It's been awhile, and ive been badddd (hub question)

[Dabba]

So, how is everyone? Its been quite a few weeks since i logged in here. Been busy with work and any spare time i had was on the boat which i was using my m1008 to tow it. Well, its getting colder and the transom on my hull is shot so, boats done for the year. Need to find a new hull. And my friend bought an older wrangler so we decided to go wheeling. Well apparently last time i dunked the hubs.. i forgot to repack em. So we go wheeling today and im wondering why my trucks being such a pig. Get into some deep sand and it becomes fairly obvious 4wd isnt working. I get under the truck and shaft is spinning, so we take the hubs off and one or both are frozen. I wasnt quite sure how they worked (d60, warns), but i saw how when you turn the nob, it pushes in this ring around the axle shaft. On one side, the ring was flush with the rest of the stuff inside the rub, and when you turned the nob it didnt push it, so we got that unstuck and popped it back on. The other side worries me a bit more. The other side seemed to be stuck pushed in, which means its frozen locked right? I'm not sure how im gonna unfreeze it. I piled in wd40 so i can get the hubs to lock and to get home. Im now gonna get some grease and repack em, but im just hoping i can get it unstuck, no wonder my gas mileage has been sucking.

The other question is if i needed new o-rings for the hubs, i would go through warn im guessing right? I think everything else is okay, just super dirty. Do the hubs themselves come apart any more for cleaning purposes, its pretty gritty in there..

 

[Kenny78]

I only have a dana 44, but some quick googling shows that the hub/bearing assemblies are similar. Most likely, the water muck got in the hub and to the warn thru the hub seal on back or the spindle seal. This means repacking/replacing the wheel bearings, replacing the hub seal, and removing the spindle to repace the seals thrust washers and roller bearing.
For the Warn o rings, I called Warn and played dumb, asking where I could buy replacements and they sent me some free, great customer service!!
Good luck

 

[Dabba]

sorry, my hanes manual dosnt cover this. how exactly do you take everything apart after you get the hubs off. i havnt the faintest idea of how to remove it all. and anything i should look out for such as small parts that can go flying? there a guide anywhere? ill try a search when i get home. thanks for the info dude, guess ill call warn for the o rings.

 

[GMC1977]

local hardware store should have o rings. We have a huge set of boxes to go through where i work. AND they will only cost like 65 cents a pop instead of like 50 bucks + shipping.

 

[79rustyk10]

I was under the impression that you only pack the wheel bearings and not the lockouts? However Ive had mine apart so many times that my milemarkers are coverd in grease anyways lol

 

[scouthead]

I was under the impression that you only pack the wheel bearings and not the lockouts? However Ive had mine apart so many times that my milemarkers are coverd in grease anyways lol

Yeah don't pack the lockouts... could cause problems. "lightly greased" is what all my repair manuals say...

 

[Dabba]

anyone know the actual mechanics of taking the hubs apart??

 

[lectric80]

1. Remove bolts holding dial on
2. Remove outer hub
3. Remove large outer snap ring
4. Remove inner snap ring
5. Remove inner hub assembly
6. Remove outer spindle nut
7. Remove tabbed washer
8. Remove inner spindle nut
9. Remove rotor and hub
10. Remove 4 spindle bolts
11. Remove spindle

Installation is the reverse of removal. You will need a wheel bearing seal, and a spindle seal, as well as spindle bearing kit, and possibly new wheel bearings. There should be nothing to go flying, it just has to be taken apart step by step until you get down to where you have the knuckle and the axle stub. There is no good way to tell if the spindle bearing or seal is bad without removing the spindle.

 

[Dabba]

sounds a little more complicated than i thought haha. ithanks for the info, ill take the hubs off again and take a looksee, i dont have alot of time so if push comes to shove ill have someone else do it, but thanks for the info.

 

[lectric80]

In all honesty the hardest part is usually getting the spindle off the knuckle. Getting the hubs torn down to the wheel bearings is a very easy operation, especially after you do it once.