locking hubs

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hi can anyone tell me if i cn swap my automatic locking hubs for manual ones and how difficult it is
thanks bud

I have been told you can by t

I have been told you can by two or three diffrant people. However I have never done it myself, so can not garentee this is acuret.

Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.

hubs

never done it either but if you put hub in to the search option the second letter down explains how easy it is.
Bill

CAREFUL

Now, in the days of old landrovers, if you applied all the torque of low ratio to one axle alone, you ran a real risk of busting halfshafts.

You aren't given the option of 2WD low ratio for a damn good reason.

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That's becouse it was a landr

That's becouse it was a landrover. Daihatsu are made of sterner stuff. Minus the Sailsbury rear axle fitted to long wheel bases, a landi axle just isn't in the same leage when it comes to strength and durability.

Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.

Hubs, again!

Hi,
I have just bought an Independent and foresee problems with the drive arrangements.

I have previously had permanent FWD or 4L/4H/2H selectable with no freewheeling or manual hubs.

It seems you cannot engage/disengage four wheel drive 'on the fly' (I have freewheeling hubs). Clearly this is an advantage when encountering patchy snow or mud etc. Obviously I don't want to keep stopping to reverse to disengage!I can imagine many situations where this would not be practical such as leaving a muddy field entrance on to a main road.

Would the modification previously mentioned help here too? What is being disconnected?

I hope someone can assist.

Thanks,
Martin

To do what you want to do, yo

To do what you want to do, you do need manual FWH's. This is so in the types of conditions your refuring to you cane leave the FWH's locked in at all times. This will alow you to change 2WD/4WD on the fly. This is still not recomended, but can be done with a gentel hand and tyres of the exactly (IE even the same ware) same size front and rear.
There is a more violent 2WD-4WD on the go option for times of extream brown trousering. Which ever FWH's you have (locked in if they are manual) if in a skid on ice (or other) jam the breaks on hard to lock all 4 wheels momenterily, select 4WD high, releas breaks and (hopfully) drive out of skid.
This is a real last dich manuver for avoiding a smash, and may or may not work, and may or may not damage the transmition. But it has worked in the past.

Any veiws expresed in this thread by me are purely from my own experience, and (sometimes) falible memory. Hope my comments help, but please don't take them as gospel.