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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: Rib Tickler on December 31, 2009, 08:23:52 pm
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So the other day I got some new tires put on my 86 chev diesel 4x4 short box, but I need an alignment. when the were getting preped for the alignment they found a bad ball joint. I had them replace it, do the alignment and put new 31x10.5x15 BFG KM2 mud terrains on....looks and drives awesome now! unfortunately the dang 4x4 won`t engage. the drive shaft turns, and with both front tires and one back tire off the ground, I engage 4x4. The front axle turns but the tha dang auto lock hubs don`t wabt to engage...they used to work fine!!! what the heck did they do??? I pulled both hubs out and looked at them, and nothing looks abnormal...i`m at a loss :'(
Help.
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my manual hub stopped working on my truck for no reason it worked fine in the mud then a couple months later it stopped working. took it apart didn't see anything wrong with it but replaced it and it worked idk I'm stumped
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Take the hubs apart again. You overlooked something or just install a new set.
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thing is, I know the hubs work fine, they did before they changed the ball joint. there has to be something different be hind the hubs that isn`t right isn`t there? or do they just work off the inside and outside splines, I know they didn`t take the lockers apart, just took them out to get at the rest of the hub to change the ball joint.
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They done something changin that ball joint, If it was mine they be fixin it too.
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All you have to do is remove the axle not the differential to xhange the ball joint. Like I said either they are put back together wrong or it's broken. Pull em back apart. Take pix and post em.
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I would ditch the auto hubs anyhow... I can assure you that if you picked up a new set of hubs your 4wd would be working again.
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put new manual warn hubs in and have 4x4 again...now I can get to my favorite coyote calling spots again!...got a double header tonight.
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lol i was watching this TV show about a coyote hunter he called it in it was about 15 ft from him fired and miss then fired and miss the coyote starts running away i think he fired 3 or 4 shot gun rounds at him then picked up his riffle and fired 2 or 3 more shots needless to say someone was embarrassed