Manual Hub Swap Question

hey y'all,

Went looking for CVs and managed to be the first one to get to a new pre facelift 4x4 4 banger manual. It's got locking hubs. Should they fit on mine? And any advise on anything else to pull? Going on a 3.4 auto. Getting an Aussie next week so these would be gold

Thanks

 

you can

but you will need use the donor's manual hubs, spindles and cv axles.
As the two different drive assemblies do not share a commonality.
So basically you will need utilize almost every component from the CV axle(s) outward.

kool thing about swapping to the manual hubs
besides the free wheeling when unlocked.
Is that the manual hubs are free floating.

Meaning: that the S knuckles/hubs will stay on the truck
and allow it to be driven, even if the cv axle(s) were removed.
Tho' you'd need plug up the holes in the front axle housing.

With the shift on the fly hubs/spindle
the outer cv axles cannot be removed
or the hub/spindle assembly will separate and fall off the truck.

Meaning: the outer cv axle(s) must remain in place to keep the hub/spindle assembly together.

I think you can still shift into 4X on the fly
but will require the hubs be locked to do so.
Tho' I'm not 100% sure 'cause I haven't swapped mine.

 

Dell you are correct. Shift on the fly still works but he will still need his hubs locked. I have a twin stick and shift from 2 to 4 all along the trail. Same goes for high low.

 

Thanks for the clarification Dang

I wished I'd have swapped to manual hubs.
But not doing so has never held me back.

Besides now I'm too old and it's too much work

plus once you alter things... it's not always easy to convert back.

 

We ended up not doing it, didn't want to mess with the ball joint in the spindle... (again)

 

As said, get the CV, knuckle, and hub assembly. I did this conversion on my '96. I love being able to knock it into 2-low for finessing a trailer, and for the varying terrain here in NC. Also, and this is a highly debated subject, but having less parasitic loss due to less rotational mass could help MPGs, and could extend the life of the CV boots since they're not always spinning.

 

Only regret in choosing manual hubs is that long travel isn't cost effective. Custom axles only. A cross between tundra shafts and manual hub outters. Trails less traveled told me to just convert to Add if I wanted long travel.