Manual locking hub query

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Also if they fail = No 4x4

Unless they don't fail in a way you can't bodge it & open them up and set them to be permanently locked.
I had a good look at the auto hubs on my old terrano and they were fine, lubricated with just enough soft grease. I had never opened them before while the jeep was in use. Probably they had never been opened in the life of the jeep and were well utilised over the lifetime.
Should the auto hub fail or a manual hub fail, I don't think it is much of an issue to replace.
 
Should the auto hub fail or a manual hub fail, I don't think it is much of an issue to replace.

I was thinking if you were offroading and relying on it to get out of where you are. If a auto or manual hub broke in some of the situations me and makeitfit have been in it would of been gameover, Staying overnight on a mountain in winter or walking out of there.

Do you carry a spare hub in the boot? Most don't.
 
I was thinking if you were offroading and relying on it to get out of where you are. If a auto or manual hub broke in some of the situations me and makeitfit have been in it would of been gameover, Staying overnight on a mountain in winter or walking out of there.

Do you carry a spare hub in the boot? Most don't.

Yep, I do ;) It's a good point though bud.
 
I was thinking if you were offroading and relying on it to get out of where you are. If a auto or manual hub broke in some of the situations me and makeitfit have been in it would of been gameover, Staying overnight on a mountain in winter or walking out of there.

Do you carry a spare hub in the boot? Most don't.

I carry a set of Auto's even though they are crud (with bag of studs an nuts of course)
 
I was thinking if you were offroading and relying on it to get out of where you are. If a auto or manual hub broke in some of the situations me and makeitfit have been in it would of been gameover, Staying overnight on a mountain in winter or walking out of there.

Do you carry a spare hub in the boot? Most don't.
There are a lot of ifs there. I don't know what's the most likely thing to break down on a Terrano in the middle of nowhere, all alone on a mountain. But if I was to bring a spare part to cover the top 20 things that are more likely to break down than a hub and cripple the journey, then I would need a trailer load, one of those african safari trip jungle set ups.
If I was to go off-roading regularly as a hobby or out of necessity and be venturing solo into a get home or your dead/dying situation, then I wouldn't use a Terrano, there are too many weak parts, it's a cheaply constructed jeep. I would want something that was built stronger. The Terrano is more of a jeeplet.
Nevertheless, the Terrano hub in my experience is more reliable than other essential parts.
The worst (non self inflicted) that happened with my Terrano on off-roading on various long holiday/sight seeing trips, was a broken cv joint, puncture on 2 good tyres within an hour, starting motor and alternator stopped working, water pump gasket leaked profusely, fuel line leaked, but the hub was grand :)
If you were worried about the durable Warn manual hub breaking, then bring the fixed hub spare, it doesn't take space and it's dead easy to replace should the need happen.
 
A little tip here for auto hub owners that have swapped to manuals or fixed, you can make your old auto hubs into fixed by simply refitting them temporarily, with the brake parts, engaging 4 wheel till they lock, then remove them again and remove the brake components, they will stay locked until brake parts are re introduced, handy in the boot as spare if you have a failure, Rick
 
There are a lot of ifs there. I don't know what's the most likely thing to break down on a Terrano in the middle of nowhere, all alone on a mountain. But if I was to bring a spare part to cover the top 20 things that are more likely to break down than a hub and cripple the journey, then I would need a trailer load, one of those african safari trip jungle set ups.
If I was to go off-roading regularly as a hobby or out of necessity and be venturing solo into a get home or your dead/dying situation, then I wouldn't use a Terrano, there are too many weak parts, it's a cheaply constructed jeep. I would want something that was built stronger. The Terrano is more of a jeeplet.
Nevertheless, the Terrano hub in my experience is more reliable than other essential parts.
The worst (non self inflicted) that happened with my Terrano on off-roading on various long holiday/sight seeing trips, was a broken cv joint, puncture on 2 good tyres within an hour, starting motor and alternator stopped working, water pump gasket leaked profusely, fuel line leaked, but the hub was grand :)
If you were worried about the durable Warn manual hub breaking, then bring the fixed hub spare, it doesn't take space and it's dead easy to replace should the need happen.

:eek::eek::eek: how very dare you!!!
 
You will have fixed flange hubs.
It all has to come off as the four bolts you mentioned are the ones that hold the brake disc to the hub and if I remember correctly are only accessible once the hub is removed.

:eek: That sounds like a big job:( so do the ball joints have to be split and drive shaft out?
 

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