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Title: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Kevin108 on August 12, 2002, 06:29:00 pm: Looking for opinions on who makes the best hubs.

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SuperWinches are $92.
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Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: 79GMC4x4 on August 20, 2002, 12:03:00 pm: All of them are good, and don't forget Milemarker. Most people would tell you Warn, since they are the most heard of and started locking hubs, but they all work.
'79 GMC shortbed 454 th400 14 bolt FF NP205 Dana 60
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: 73K20 on August 20, 2002, 03:55:00 pm: Warn is the only one that would get my money.
1973 K20 - 350/350/205
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: mnz28 on December 27, 2009, 09:31:18 pm: Anything need to be done to the transfer case when switching from auto to manual hubs?
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Irish_Alley on December 28, 2009, 02:04:16 am: i have warn on my truck and they seam to hold up too good keep breaking axle shafts cause the hubs wont break. nothing has to be done to the t case just swap them over and all is well
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Josh454 on December 30, 2009, 09:33:57 pm: I would vote Warn the best, Superwinch the worst...
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Chevalade on December 30, 2009, 11:27:54 pm: Stock spicers are the best there is period. Then warn premiums.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: captain carnage on January 01, 2010, 07:24:31 pm: In my years of heavy rat bagging in my truck, I've ran spicers and a few different sets of warns, and only ever broke one warn.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: dblxx on January 03, 2010, 10:54:03 pm: I have broken 2 Warn hubs, both times Warn replaced them free of charge even after I explained it was my fault both times.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: 1980c10 on January 04, 2010, 08:12:02 pm: warn is the all i've ever had and never had a problem.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Blazin on January 04, 2010, 10:20:36 pm: I have had about every brand out there. Have broken a few Warns, and Spicers. I have a pair of Selectro hubs on my 86. Have failed to break them yet. When I take them apart everything comes apart nicely, they alway look good inside. The inner ring is held by a snap ring too, not one phillips screw. They are 3/4 turn hubs though.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: scpscpscp on January 11, 2010, 07:51:53 pm: My vote is for Warn. I did not have ANY luck with MileMarker, had 2 different sets break. Broke the original set from PO and replace with another set. Broke those and went to Warn. No more problems. My 2 cents worth.
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Irish_Alley on January 12, 2010, 02:17:26 am: just something else to think about, your hubs are supposed to break first before your break your axle shaft or anything else like i said before i have done broke 2 axle shafts and the same warn hub has to be taken off to replace them, imo i might be stepping it down lol
Title: Re: Who makes the best locking hubs?
Post by: Engineer on January 18, 2010, 08:25:48 pm: I have the O.E. Spicer lockouts on my Dana60.

I would try to find a set to fit your '87. GM offered them up to 1980 when they themselves started using Warn, and the auto lockers.

Spicer lockouts for a D60 are dern neared impossible to find, but because they use all steel gears, they are dern neared impossible to break.

The 1/2~3/4 ton Spicer lockouts are pretty common though. Should be able to score a set off of ebay or a local salvage yard that has some of the older iron.