Locking Hub on Explorer???

[Rangeron38]

Does anybody have an explorer with locking hubs??? I have a few questions

 

[martin]

yes.

 

[explodan]

what do you need to know?

 

[crawlin91]

no, no one has them, they dont exist anywhere in the world.

 

[explodan]

what year is your explorer?

 

[explodan]

i got mine from the NAPA AUTO PARTS store i work at. also got the lock nut kit there.

 

[Xploda]

you need a hub nut conversion kit warn makes em and they go for like 60$ buying the plain nuts will do you not good cause they charge way too much for them! Best bet is to call around your local 4x4 shops and check if they got em I scored mine for 30$ cause they had for years. hubs will run you about 160$ I think not sure but be prepared to spend over 100 easy lol check ebay mines a 92 btw and I really dislike the hub nut conversion cause mine came loose already even after I torqued em lol I'm going to mod mine for safety wire so they cant back off Will post pics when done. Gl btw

 

[alaskan155]

what year, 95-01 you can swap to a 98-99 ranger shafts and knuckle and run a avm manual hub, and 91-94 have auto and manual from the factory

 

[Xploda]

ya but personally the factory ones blow up easy on bigger tires done it alot lol only blown up a warn a twice but hey they last longer lol

 

[bronco2on35s]

Hubs

Sorry, everybody, my email has not worked so I did not know I had responses here. I changed my user name so I could register a new email. Now I should get notification of a responses.

I am looking for manual hubs from a 91-94 Explorer or Ranger wondered how common they were from the factory. I am looking to buy a set of the manual hubs or a entire front end. They used a D35 with 27 spline from what I know. I have a 85 Ranger on 38's and a 1988 B2 on 35's soon to be on 38's when I find a set of 38's that I can afford.

 

[4x4junkie]

Manual hubs are not overly common, but they are out there.
With 38" tires you'll be seeing hub parts go flying real quick though. I'd strongly recommend you get these instead.

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May04/offroad.htm

You might even think about a swap to 1-ton axles, as that's still a lot of tire for the stock RBV axles.

 

[bombsquad]

i sure do