hubs
 

Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here goes......

I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in 4
wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
the hubs.

1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything similar?
2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to "leave
the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.

be gentle.....

Re: hubs
 

IMO....that's one reason I like the older Jeeps....by having the front
unlocked/disconnected while everyday driving, you save it from wear and tear.
The CJ 4 wheel drive system is a 2 part action, the t case and the hubs. While
the others are a t case followed by a vacumm axle connect. The front diff
innerds and the shafts are still spinning at speed (pushed by the rotation
front wheels) No thank you.
So no, don't leave them locked. The fire dept. did for speed and the Jeep
wasn't a daily driver (high milage). I think they do make auto hubs...don't
know if for the Dana 30....but if they did, why?

Re: hubs
 

IMO....that's one reason I like the older Jeeps....by having the front
unlocked/disconnected while everyday driving, you save it from wear and tear.
The CJ 4 wheel drive system is a 2 part action, the t case and the hubs. While
the others are a t case followed by a vacumm axle connect. The front diff
innerds and the shafts are still spinning at speed (pushed by the rotation
front wheels) No thank you.
So no, don't leave them locked. The fire dept. did for speed and the Jeep
wasn't a daily driver (high milage). I think they do make auto hubs...don't
know if for the Dana 30....but if they did, why?

Re: hubs
 

Leave them in if your too lazy to take advantage of the fuel
savings.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

MFM JOS wrote:
>
> Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here goes......
>
> I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in 4
> wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
> been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
> the hubs.
>
> 1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything similar?
> 2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
> was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to "leave
> the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.
>
> be gentle.....

Re: hubs
 

Leave them in if your too lazy to take advantage of the fuel
savings.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

MFM JOS wrote:
>
> Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here goes......
>
> I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in 4
> wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
> been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
> the hubs.
>
> 1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything similar?
> 2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
> was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to "leave
> the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.
>
> be gentle.....

Re: hubs
 

Could it be that Scrambler had a T/H 400 with a Quadratrac? Amazingly my '82
Scrambler had that setup with a Q-trac swapped INTO it!! (Stock center-pumpkin
rear axle, offset t-case output, imagine a VERY ugly rear driveshaft) But one
of my friends thought he would unlock the front hubs for me. It didn't move.
Only with the hubs locked would the T-case spin anything. Since the poster
said it was an auto that would be my guess.

Juat a thought,
Don W

Re: hubs
 

Could it be that Scrambler had a T/H 400 with a Quadratrac? Amazingly my '82
Scrambler had that setup with a Q-trac swapped INTO it!! (Stock center-pumpkin
rear axle, offset t-case output, imagine a VERY ugly rear driveshaft) But one
of my friends thought he would unlock the front hubs for me. It didn't move.
Only with the hubs locked would the T-case spin anything. Since the poster
said it was an auto that would be my guess.

Juat a thought,
Don W

Re: hubs
 

I had automatic hubs on my Suburban. I believe that they are available for
your model Jeep too. The ones I had didn't work very well...

Earle

"MFM JOS" <dcompton@no.spam.nocc.net> wrote in message
news:ms-cnUfeEaptDtiiXTWJjQ@comcast.com...
>
> Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here
goes......
>
> I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in
4
> wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
> been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
> the hubs.
>
> 1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything
similar?
> 2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
> was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to
"leave
> the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.
>
> be gentle.....
>
>

Re: hubs
 

I had automatic hubs on my Suburban. I believe that they are available for
your model Jeep too. The ones I had didn't work very well...

Earle

"MFM JOS" <dcompton@no.spam.nocc.net> wrote in message
news:ms-cnUfeEaptDtiiXTWJjQ@comcast.com...
>
> Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here
goes......
>
> I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in
4
> wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
> been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
> the hubs.
>
> 1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything
similar?
> 2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
> was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to
"leave
> the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.
>
> be gentle.....
>
>

Re: hubs
 

You can do this but I'm not sure why you would. You can adapt the solid hubs
intended for the rear on Warn full-floater kits. However, all you;re going
to do is increase the wear on the front axle, front driveshaft and xfer case
& associated components. You're far better off manually locking/unlocking
the hubs.

Congratulations on the Scrambler, enjoy.


"MFM JOS" <dcompton@no.spam.nocc.net> wrote in message
news:ms-cnUfeEaptDtiiXTWJjQ@comcast.com...
>
> Hopefully, I won't get too badly abused for asking this but here
goes......
>
> I've had a 99 and an 01 wrangler. They were great, when I needed to be in
4
> wheel drive I just pulled the lever. Well, now I have the Jeep that I've
> been looking for. It's an 82 Scrambler. Now, I need a bit of learning on
> the hubs.
>
> 1. Does anyone make an aftermarket "auto" locking hub or anything
similar?
> 2. What happens if you leave them locked? I recently looked at a cj8 that
> was owned by a fire dept. There was a label on the dash that said to
"leave
> the hubs locked". That one was an automatic though.
>
> be gentle.....
>
>