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Free wheeling hubs are inventions of the devil. The manual ones are worst, you have to step out into 12" of sh1t & get your hands covered in it to switch them on & then get you hands covered again with more sh1t to switch them off. Brilliant idea - NOT.

Mine are automatic, worked by vacuum via a 3mm ID rubber tube that may or may not be connected to the hub when you need 4WD, so you never know if they are going to kick in or not. Even when they work, it takes several seconds to pull the cogs into engagement, which isn't ideal to say the least.

Is there a pickup with a centre diff & full time 4WD instead of all this part time rubbish?

 

Got manual hubs on my hilux. I can leave um locked all the time so I get four wheel drive on when I go to 4x4 or I can disengage them so if I am doing more on the road or if I want to drive in low box whilst in 2wd- won't be doing that with you auto hub's!

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Got manual hubs on my hilux. I can leave um locked all the time so I get four wheel drive on when I go to 4x4 or I can disengage them so if I am doing more on the road or if I want to drive in low box whilst in 2wd- won't be doing that with you auto hub's![/QUOTE]

 

Oh yes I will! :001_tongue:I've put a switch into the modulator circuit that switches the vacuum to the hubs. Any time I need low range on a hard surface

e.g reversing a trailer round tricky bits, I just select 2L, flick the switch & away to go. Means my hands are always clean enough to pick my nose without leaving marks!

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