I agree with k enn on the old HB manuals (I run them on my ’01) except I seriously doubt you’ll find any. If you do please let me know where as I am hording them as a divested part of my retirement portfolio…
As far as being careful “with other brands of manual hubs”; there are two brands I’ve seen on the trail. WARN and MileMarker. I have not run ether and personally would run OEM Autos before using ether.
Both stick out further than OEM.
I’ve heard that the common WARN stud failure can be avoided by using grade 8 bolts and thread-loc however IMHO it’s kinda F’d up that you need to modify the studs with a new, out of the box item…
There could also be two problems you could possibly encounter using those grade 8 bolts. First is that if they break (never seen it) they would be even harder to tap out of the wheel hub than the supplied WARN studs. Second is that if they start to back out they destroy your wheel hub by “egging out” the holes requiring replacement of that wheel hub (seen this more than once).
So the trick with WARN hubs would be to be vigilant with your driving not hitting the part of the hub that sticks and monitoring torque of the studs/bolts so they don’t have a chance to back out. Kind of a pain but better than nutin…
Almost every guy I’ve been on the trail with that ran MileMarker manuals has had at least one explode. I know a lot of folks on the boards never had any problem with them but I would not use them on my truck.
So to recap from what I prefer to my last option; OEM HardBody Manuals (40250-S3900), then your OEM Auto Hub (40250-1S700), if I could not find those I’d use the WARN Hub.
BKxterra718 wrote:
… Good thing to do now is remove hubs and remove C clip on tip of axle. Then re-install hubs till u get new ones. If clicking persists, remove axle and plug up rear of spindle.
? Why would you do ether one of these things?