Need new hubs

[cubsfan]

I just finished my 4" Pro Comp/Skyjacker lift and it came out really nice but as always, something else came up. By the way, every single step of the lift was painful. Those rusty bolts laughed at my air tools. I should have bought that torch I was looking at at the pawn shop. Oh well. Anyway, on the test drive the 4wd didn't work. After some troubleshooting i found the transfer case was engaged but the hubs weren't. I took the hub outer cover off and there was an alien mixture of grease, mud, rust, sand, and other unidentified substances from 37 years of neglect. I believe the hubs were in FREE so long that the spring has lost its spring and can't overcome the goo and engage the hub. I freed it up some but they need replacing. I want to go with Warn Premiums. Looking for inputs on these hubs and if there is anything else I will need to replace my stock hubs. Also, all of the u-joints are the same as the hubs so, yes, they will be replace soon also.

Thanks

 

[bp71k5]

I'm running the warn premiums and am pretty happy. They were easy to install and seem pretty stout. No troubles so far although I've been easy on them.

If you have to replace the u-joints up there too, do it now since you'll have it apart anyway for the hubs. If they are the stock joints from the 70's, they might be tough to remove. After 3 days of trying, I gave up and paid a driveline shop to replace them. It's pretty cheap, and from all the trouble I hear people having with them, it's way worth it.