99" and 01" ranger hub compatability ?

[Mrnicks]

I'm doing my wheel bearings and all my bushings at the moment. I was wondering if the 01 or 02 hubs could be a replacement to those oh so awesome vacuum activated hubs. Has anyone tried to do this? I talked to a few ford dealership mechanics and they said they weren't sure but didn't think so due to some thing with the outer shaft. If I can do this I'm gonna modify the hubs to always be locked in. Has anyone done that and how does it perform after?

 

[wvcat]

You have to also change the axle shafts. The pvh axle shafts have a groove for the snap ring and the later setup axles are threaded for the axle nut and also have splines.

 

[Mrnicks]

Ah, I see. I can picture it clearly in my head