The Chech
First Fill-Up (of many)
- Location
- Kaneohe Bay
Step one Choke rear tires lift front end up and take both front tires off. (and use 1 as a seat as I did )
Step two find these 6 little bolts there a size 6 alan key make sure you have the one that fits perfectly so you don't strip a bolt and get stuck....
Step two is take the hub off and look for the little c clip. You can use either two small flat head screw drivers or the actual tool that is used for this part to take it off. take the c-clip and place it on the ground. (this little thing) its a pain some times with flat heads as it pops back in place.
Then pull off all the other auto hub goodies that was locked in place by the c clip and put that on the ground as you wont be able to keep it in there since the manual hubs don't require this in there. You should then have it looking like this
After that is done take off the top part of your new Manual hubs (there should be 6 depending on the hub you have and they should be smaller then the ones you just took out to take off the auto locking hub). you then place the new hub back on the axle to make sure you have the right hub and with the correct number of splines. If it doesn't fit you probably bought the wrong one or your splines on your axle are chewed up.
If they do fit it should look like this.
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Once it does fit get some packing grease and lube that bad boy up so when you hold it it slips out (but not really....) just enough to where it should look like this
After its all lubbed up and ready to go, go ahead and start putting in the 6 (size 6 alan key bolts) that hold the housing to the axle.
After you have those 6 bolts firmly in place its time to bolt on the dial piece that will allow you to spin the hub into free and lock position. as show below.
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This is the final step make sure you have it to free mode and all the bolts are now firmly tightened so it wont come off some how.
Then go ahead and place your wheel back on tighten all your lug nuts and lower the vehicle and BAM your done! easy as that. And when its all said and done you should have all this left over from your auto hubs (picture below)
Hope that will help any one that wishes to replace or even check there hubs in the future.
Step two find these 6 little bolts there a size 6 alan key make sure you have the one that fits perfectly so you don't strip a bolt and get stuck....
Step two is take the hub off and look for the little c clip. You can use either two small flat head screw drivers or the actual tool that is used for this part to take it off. take the c-clip and place it on the ground. (this little thing) its a pain some times with flat heads as it pops back in place.
Then pull off all the other auto hub goodies that was locked in place by the c clip and put that on the ground as you wont be able to keep it in there since the manual hubs don't require this in there. You should then have it looking like this
After that is done take off the top part of your new Manual hubs (there should be 6 depending on the hub you have and they should be smaller then the ones you just took out to take off the auto locking hub). you then place the new hub back on the axle to make sure you have the right hub and with the correct number of splines. If it doesn't fit you probably bought the wrong one or your splines on your axle are chewed up.
If they do fit it should look like this.
.
Once it does fit get some packing grease and lube that bad boy up so when you hold it it slips out (but not really....) just enough to where it should look like this
After its all lubbed up and ready to go, go ahead and start putting in the 6 (size 6 alan key bolts) that hold the housing to the axle.
After you have those 6 bolts firmly in place its time to bolt on the dial piece that will allow you to spin the hub into free and lock position. as show below.
.
This is the final step make sure you have it to free mode and all the bolts are now firmly tightened so it wont come off some how.
Then go ahead and place your wheel back on tighten all your lug nuts and lower the vehicle and BAM your done! easy as that. And when its all said and done you should have all this left over from your auto hubs (picture below)
Hope that will help any one that wishes to replace or even check there hubs in the future.