Chris Phillipo

In article <422abc4b.0402231038.3568b350@posting.google.com >,
think4yourself2k2@yahoo.com says...
> Hi James,
>
> I would kind of disagree with what is being said. As long as you have
> manual hubs there is no reason not to spool the frontend. When you
> unlock your hub, you disengage the wheel fron the front driveshaft;
> in essence you are now a standard 2wd vehicle with freespinning front
> wheels. This means that in turns you will experience no wheel "skip"
> because your wheels are not physically attached to the spooled drive
> shafts. However, if your hubs are locked (or if your autohubs engage)
> then you have problems. A spooled diff acts like a single driveshaft
> running from wheel to wheel. If your hubs are engaged, regardless of
> if you are in 4wd, the two front wheels are now locked together and
> will NOT turn at different speeds which is required for turns on
> pavement. Remember, puting the vehicle in 4wd is sending power to
> the diff and the hubs decide if the power reaches the wheel.
>
> My final vote is IF you have manual hubs and IF you don't leave them
> engaged for nomal driving (some people do) there should be no reason
> not to spool the front end. I plan on doing this to my rig (spooled
> front and Detroit Locker on the rear).
>
> -Mike
>


I thought the OP specifically said he did not want to buy manual hubs, I
don't even remember who the original poster of this thread was so don't
mind me :)
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Chris Phillipo

In article <422abc4b.0402231038.3568b350@posting.google.com >,
think4yourself2k2@yahoo.com says...
> Hi James,
>
> I would kind of disagree with what is being said. As long as you have
> manual hubs there is no reason not to spool the frontend. When you
> unlock your hub, you disengage the wheel fron the front driveshaft;
> in essence you are now a standard 2wd vehicle with freespinning front
> wheels. This means that in turns you will experience no wheel "skip"
> because your wheels are not physically attached to the spooled drive
> shafts. However, if your hubs are locked (or if your autohubs engage)
> then you have problems. A spooled diff acts like a single driveshaft
> running from wheel to wheel. If your hubs are engaged, regardless of
> if you are in 4wd, the two front wheels are now locked together and
> will NOT turn at different speeds which is required for turns on
> pavement. Remember, puting the vehicle in 4wd is sending power to
> the diff and the hubs decide if the power reaches the wheel.
>
> My final vote is IF you have manual hubs and IF you don't leave them
> engaged for nomal driving (some people do) there should be no reason
> not to spool the front end. I plan on doing this to my rig (spooled
> front and Detroit Locker on the rear).
>
> -Mike
>


I thought the OP specifically said he did not want to buy manual hubs, I
don't even remember who the original poster of this thread was so don't
mind me :)
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Chris Phillipo

In article <422abc4b.0402231038.3568b350@posting.google.com >,
think4yourself2k2@yahoo.com says...
> Hi James,
>
> I would kind of disagree with what is being said. As long as you have
> manual hubs there is no reason not to spool the frontend. When you
> unlock your hub, you disengage the wheel fron the front driveshaft;
> in essence you are now a standard 2wd vehicle with freespinning front
> wheels. This means that in turns you will experience no wheel "skip"
> because your wheels are not physically attached to the spooled drive
> shafts. However, if your hubs are locked (or if your autohubs engage)
> then you have problems. A spooled diff acts like a single driveshaft
> running from wheel to wheel. If your hubs are engaged, regardless of
> if you are in 4wd, the two front wheels are now locked together and
> will NOT turn at different speeds which is required for turns on
> pavement. Remember, puting the vehicle in 4wd is sending power to
> the diff and the hubs decide if the power reaches the wheel.
>
> My final vote is IF you have manual hubs and IF you don't leave them
> engaged for nomal driving (some people do) there should be no reason
> not to spool the front end. I plan on doing this to my rig (spooled
> front and Detroit Locker on the rear).
>
> -Mike
>


I thought the OP specifically said he did not want to buy manual hubs, I
don't even remember who the original poster of this thread was so don't
mind me :)
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