4wd Electronic Shifting, what are locking hubs for?

[screagle07]

Originally Posted by ChrisCNC

Thank you for the information, I'll be making an appointment for the truck on monday.

-Kevin

Save your money and put in a set of Warn Premium Hubs. Block off the vacuum lines and never worry about it again. I have an '02 F250 with the same setup and the auto hubs can/are a pita. The stealership will probably want to change out the whole assembly and it gets pricey. If you want the auto hubs and know your way around the shop a little, search guzzles psd.
He has some great prices and excellent write-ups for this and alot of repairs for your truck.

[ChrisCNC]

Thanks for the info guys. Cody was right, the front hubs were a little 'Sticky'. One was engaged and one wasn't, doesn't help that I couldn't tell which way was 'free' and which way was 'lock' since all the high quality lettering has worn off. The manual was backward (really, my wife confirmed it!) so even when I thought I was putting it into 'free' I was actually locking it. Anyway, cost me nothing, but my local mechanic got a good chuckle, (c:

I would like to replace the super-duper stock plastic(or equivalent) hubs with the warn premiums at some point, I'll add that to the list! Hopefully they use raised/recessed lettering instead of just ink so I can tell a year from now which way they're supposed to go....


-K