Locking hubs for 2007 ranger

[johnnybravo234]

Is it possible to get aftermarket manual locking hubs for a 2007 ranger?

 

[Toms01PSD]

No. Why you ask? Because you have a live axle setup. Basically the front axles are spinning regardless of whether you are locked in 4x4 or not.

 

[johnnybravo234]

No. Why you ask? Because you have a live axle setup. Basically the front axles are spinning regardless of whether you are locked in 4x4 or not.

Exactly. I want to be able to disengage them to prevent wear to the front end and save some gas.

 

[Toms01PSD]

If you search through the forum you will find that they don't hinder fuel mileage anymore than a 98-00 4x4 truck. The only people who gain from manual hubs on 4th gen Rangers are 98-mid 00 folks with the PVH system.

 

[4x4junkie]

One way to get locking hubs on your '07 is to swap the '98-early '00 PVH hub parts onto it, then install a set of AVM manual hubs. There's been reports that the '98-'00 bearing assemblies are a little less robust than the '01up live-spindle bearing assemblies however (this may matter if you have larger tires on wider-offset rims).

 

[AllanD]

Frankly I think swapping 1998-00 Pulse Vacuum Hub knuckles onto a later truck to be able to unlock the hubs is like getting a sex change with implants so you can fondle some tits.

What you'd give up doesn't nearly make up for what you'd get.

And in the end "F**k me!" would aquire an entirely new meaning.

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[Chris.S.]

Frankly I think swapping 1998-00 Pulse Vacuum Hub knuckles onto a later truck to be able to unlock the hubs is like getting a sex change with implants so you can fondle some tits.

What you'd give up doesn't nearly make up for what you'd get.

And in the end "F**k me!" would aquire an entirely new meaning.

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Good one! I lol'd at this analogy...

 

[Beef52751]

Frankly I think swapping 1998-00 Pulse Vacuum Hub knuckles onto a later truck to be able to unlock the hubs is like getting a sex change with implants so you can fondle some tits.

What you'd give up doesn't nearly make up for what you'd get.

And in the end "F**k me!" would aquire an entirely new meaning.

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AllanD, you have some of the most screwed up analogies ever, but for some reason they make sense in my demented little head