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which locking hub should i go with???

which locking hubs to go with

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i just ordered a set of superwinch external hubs for my dana 44. i'll report back with my results.
 
I have been running a set of Superwinch hubs for about 5 years now on my 10 bolts with 33" MTs and a lockrite. I beat on my truck pretty hard when I have to. They have held up just fine with no problems.
Also like Warn preimums they are very good hubs.
 
jekquistk5 said:
I run the warn standards, been happy with em, I like the 1/4 turn as well.
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I just put the Warn standards on my truck that I just bought a few months back.. I was going to get another set of premiums but I like the idea of the 1/4 turn as well.. I play in some nasty mud so it makes it easier to lock them in when they get full of the muck..

I don't know what kind that was on it when I got it because I couldn't find any name on them.. But I will say they were a all plastic piece of junk.. They weren't put together like Warn they looked like they were glued together and the glue became unstuck when I pulled them apart..

I have heard nothing but good things when it comes to Warn's customer service on their hubs so I wouldn't buy anything else..And by the poll results I'm not the only one :D
 
I'm not sure about the Warn Standards and Premiums having different warranties. I know that since I bought Premiums from my D60, I went through 2 sets of 30 spline and 5 or 6 individual 35 spline hubs. After the initial purchase, I just called warn and faxed them a copy of my reciept. They sent me replacement hubs at no cost to me.
 
I had Mile Markers, but

When I went to install, they were not the right ones. I had NO luck with Mile Marker swapping them for the right ones, so I purchased a set of Warns and they went right in, no problem.

Fred
 
i just pulled my mile markers off my d.d. and they seemed to hold up pretty well and i was beatin on it pretty harrd. but, im probably goin to stick with the warns
 
Why not to purchase Milemarker

I purchased a kit to convert a 1973 from full time to part time. It arrived at a local distributor and I picked it up. The conversion went well till I went to install the Hubs and found that they had shipped external mount hubs.

I contacted Milemarker to swap them out for internal mounts. They were of no help. Told me to contact the local distributor that I'd gotten the kit from. I did and they told me to contact Milemarker. I went back and forth for approx one week and finally purchased a set of Warns from Steve's Offroad in Mobile.

He took the Milemarkers to try and sell them , but the hurricane destroyed the building and the hubs were a casualty I'm sure.

If you purchase hubs and never need assistance from the manufacturer, then Milemarkers are probably fine. But if you want or need customer support, then go with Warn.

Fred
 
10B/D44 use warn standard or prem.
D44 external hard to beat Warn
D60 30 spl use warn prem.
D60 35 spl use Teraflex
D60 external, good luck
 
I have a set of the MileMarkers (not installed yet). I dont know where people are getting the info they are built cheap with pot metal or plastic. The set I have, recently purchased from Summit, are 100% metal (no pot-metal either), the externals are all stinless steel (something I liked over the warns when chosing), and from what Ive read they are built almost identical to the warns except the MM's actually use slightly larger bolts to hold the outer cup/case on. Im no expert on locking hubs, but I will say I know enough to tell you these things are heavy, and are not built cheap. :)
 
chevyin said:
I have a set of the MileMarkers (not installed yet). I dont know where people are getting the info they are built cheap with pot metal or plastic. The set I have, recently purchased from Summit, are 100% metal (no pot-metal either), the externals are all stinless steel (something I liked over the warns when chosing), and from what Ive read they are built almost identical to the warns except the MM's actually use slightly larger bolts to hold the outer cup/case on. Im no expert on locking hubs, but I will say I know enough to tell you these things are heavy, and are not built cheap. :)
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I agree, I've used the MM premium's (the non' premiums are the ones that people say suck), I never broke mine just wore out the bushings inside. Once I locked the front end I moved to Warns and love them compared to the MM supremes, the Warns turn so much easier than the MM. That alone is worth it to me. After the first year of the MM, I always had to get under the truck to turn the driveshaft to engage the hubs, unless I had a pair of pliers with me, hard a hell to engage once worn. For the price (1/2 the price of Warns) they are worth it.
 
just from my experience, I would reccomend the MM's over the Warn Premiums. After about a year with the Warns, the stupid spring retainer, the sprung washer", kept coming off, leaving me with no front wheel drive. I tried to take them back under warranty, and I needed my original receipt. Warn's customer service was no help at all, and they wouldn't sell me just the spring. They wanted me to buy a whole new hub fuse. I said yeah right, the hub is under warranty first off, and second all I need was the spring. I tried using ground down retainer c-clips instead of the spring, but they didn't work very well. Warn refused to help me out, so I bought the MM's and they've been great since then. Doubt I'll ever buy Warn hubs again, the design is very stupid. I like the MM's because they use a real retaining clip, not a sprung washer. Hope no parts on my Warn winch ever go bad, because I threw the receipt out........
 
cegusman said:
Find some original spicer units. Stronger than any of the aftermarket ones.
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...and buy some new coil springs to go with them. The 25 yr old ones don't push hard enough anymore, or at least mine didn't. Also, pay attention when you take them apart. They are not self contained like the aftermarket ones.
 
I've got superwinch hubs on my D44. They were pleanty beefy when I put them on. They turn easy and I've more than certain put a beating on them. Even more so with POS ez locker in the front. (since removed ez locker) But the hubs survived.

I don't see how everyone says the OEM spicer hubs are the strongest after pulling mine apart. Even if they really are I would rather not have to pull one apart on the trail. It took me an hour to get one side off due to the fact that the gear on the axle shaft would not come off. The PO forgot the clip at the end of the axle so the splines got all boogered up. Only way I could remove it was after I sat there and filed the high spots off the splines with a small file.

I'll take my super winch hubs over the spicers just for the simplicity. Got a spare Warn premium as a trail backup too.
 
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