4 wheel drive

[solarman216]

Well I had the back wheels jacked up, took off the front hubs and put in 4H and D and the back wheels and front drive shafts are all spinning:lol
I presume it is the auto hubs then....it looks ok to me, from the pics I have seen all bits seem to be there and greased yesterday (though they was full of grease already - normal grease though) so I do not know what to do. I am normally pretty good at working out how things work but for the life of me I can not work out how the outer square gogs engage in the end of the hub case? I can lever them out a bit with the driver then it springs back in ....but how does the spinning shafts force them out to engage? beats me.

probably too much grease they only want a smear, Rick

 

[eezelife]

Thanks for that Rick. I cleaned all the general grease out yesterday then put in copper grease....quite a bit though yes, as much as I could get in the little sucker, so guess I will wipe some off

 

[cncfabs]

Thanks for that Rick. I cleaned all the general grease out yesterday then put in copper grease....quite a bit though yes, as much as I could get in the little sucker, so guess I will wipe some off

did you check the little tabs on the break rings are not broken

 

[eezelife]

Tabs.....what sort of tabs? The brake ring on the shaft has tabs that go into slots on the drive shaft and the brake ring in the hubs have bigger tags that push on and twist quarter turn to hold it loosly in the hubs with the curly spring pushing behind it. But it does not haqve tabs that lock it on to the shaft like the one near the wheel bearings does.
Hope I am making some sort of sense....I have not been able to clean any of the new grease off it yet.

 

[cncfabs]

Like this

 

[eezelife]

Come to think of it I think I only checked the nearside. I had such a load of trouble with no circlip pliers....the drive shaft was pushing through so when I got to the offside I thought bollo**s to that.

 

[eezelife]

Like this

There is supposed to be one of these on each drive shaft with the tabs pointing in towards the engine - yes?

 

[cncfabs]

Yes one on each side isnt there a download or something that tells you how they go together what normally happens is the lugs break off on one of them then you loose drive completly to the front wheels

 

[eezelife]

I know I sound stupid, but I just can't see how they provide drive:nenau

 

[cncfabs]

They dont provide the drive they turn the bit inside the hub which locks it into drive

 

[eezelife]

Well guys - you and me we only cracked it :clap
The brake ring in the offside hub had a problem. The two wings on it where bent up - just a smidge missed it the first time (first time inside a hub though)
Anyway the slight bend was enough to stop it rotating freely and was binding.
So out with metal drift and claw hammer lay it on top of vice and bashed it a little. Put it back on the beasty, turned the prop and heard a very reassuring clunck and prop shaft stopped turning :clap yeeehaaaa
Thanks for your help and input and enjoy the weekend.