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Question about front locking hubs

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by 1964_cj5, Mar 5, 2008.

  1. Mar 5, 2008
    1964_cj5

    1964_cj5 I'd rather be Jeepin'

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    Are they supposed to be full of grease? My passengers side hub won't fully rotate to lock, so I went to take it apart and a bunch of grease started flowing out of it, so I stopped. Is this normal, or do I have a bad seal or gasket somewhere? :?
     
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  2. Mar 5, 2008
    MCSCOTT

    MCSCOTT Member

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    A lockout shouldn't be full of grease. Take it apart and see if anything looks broken.....if not, somebody before you might have packed it full of grease. I've seen this done before by someone that didn't know any better, and it caused his lockouts to come unlocked when he was in the trails.
     
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  3. Mar 5, 2008
    1964_cj5

    1964_cj5 I'd rather be Jeepin'

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    Ok that is what I needed to know. I will need to get a bucket and some parts cleaner ready first because that sucker is full of nastiness!
     
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  4. Mar 5, 2008
    kaiser_willys

    kaiser_willys Well-Known Member

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    warn hub? if so i ran into the same problem with it not going all the way to the lock posistion, not hard to fix,but almost impossible for me to explain how to do it:D
     
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  5. Mar 6, 2008
    1964_cj5

    1964_cj5 I'd rather be Jeepin'

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    I'm not sure what brand it is. I think it's original though. It's had the same hubs for as long as I can remember (about the past 20 years or so).
     
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    lynn

    lynn Time machine / Early CJ5 HR Rep Staff Member

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    Clean all parts. Reassemble with a light coat of white lithium grease.
     
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    kaiser_willys

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    warn should have brass knob:beer:
     
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    sparky

    sparky Sandgroper Staff Member Founder

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    Jeeps didn't come with locking hubs from the factory until sometime in the '70s I don't believe. Original would be a drive flange.

    There were several brands available though, dealer and owner installed. Pics are available in the gallery picture bank.
     
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  9. Mar 7, 2008
    1964_cj5

    1964_cj5 I'd rather be Jeepin'

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    They are Warn hubs. The ones I have are pictured on page two of the album called warn locking hub #1.
     
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  10. Mar 8, 2008
    Canadian 62

    Canadian 62 Member

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    On a side note...in the Hub Gallery you will find these 2 pics of a hub that came on my 1962 CJ in Canada from the dealer.

    View attachment 21590

    View attachment 21591

    I do not know if they were from the factory or dealer installed but the picture of the full Jeep is shortly after it was delivered and you can see the hubs...along with the Ramsey PTO winch and export split front window

    View attachment 21592
     
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