What Brand?

[Cyberbeer]

My hubs are currently clicking and I'm looking at either the warn hubs or mile marker hubs. I do occational off roading and snow! Which would you recomend?

 

[mjonesjr]

Warn is the best. However, I have ran a set of MileMarkers without any problems.

 

[Cyberbeer]

Meh its only a 50 dollar price difference for me as I can get em from NAPA for just above cost (Warn). Just wish there was some way to fix the ones I have, once and awhile they sound like change in a drier.

EDIT: Whats odd is that they dont click all the time only sometimes. In either locked and 4wd engaged, or locked and in 2wd. If unlocked in 4wd or 2wd no noise.

 

[railman]

i blew one of my Mile-Markers awhile back.....got Warn's instead and have had no problems since

l8r, John

 

[Cyberbeer]

Here are the hubs I am looking at.

I also edited my post above to include the sound I am hearing.

 

[Cyberbeer]

Picked up and installed the hubs today. I found a spot where the snow was still 15 or so inches deep and tried everything out. They worked great. Went up a gravel hill 27 or so incline and then went up a dirt hill same incline. They stick out a bit less then the old Ford ones.

The only weird thing I noticed is that on the old hubs "free" meant locked, and "locked" meant free. No idea how this happened but oh well. The old hubs were full of grease and rattled when shook, the Warns made no noise.

As a side note is there a way, other then a lift plus bigger tires, to stop the plow effect in snow that the differentials can cause in heavy snow?

 

[4x4junkie]

As a side note is there a way, other then a lift plus bigger tires, to stop the plow effect in snow that the differentials can cause in heavy snow?

For the rear, tires are the only option for raising the diff (axle).

Up front however you could put some washers or coil spacers under the lower spring seats to raise the suspension up some, in turn also raising the diff in the process. A camber/caster realignment will of course be needed afterward.