Rear Locking Hubs.

[colbystephens]

Can someone explain to me the purpose of rear locking hubs? When would you not want your rear wheels engaged? I saw this on an old ford bronco today, made me curious. I think i've seen posts about it here, too, and just got to wondering.

colbystephens.

 

[atho]

flat towing...you wouldn't have to unhook driveshafts or put the t-case in neutral.

 

[colbystephens]

what's wrong with just putting everything in neutral?

 

[bigjbear]

Fluid will not circulate properly with some x-fer cases. This would be bad for a long tow.

 

[Blue85]

This would be a full-floating conversion. You can't really disengage the "hubs" on a semi-floater. Sometimes the hubs were just put on the full-float conversions because they were using front hubs and stuff. The lock-out hubs are easy to come by and as an added bonus you can unlock the rear hubs.