Auto 4x4 hubs to Manual 4x4 hubs

[catfisher81]

its the conversion hard to do ?? and does anyone have a TUT on how to do it??

 

[Currency]

its the conversion hard to do ?? and does anyone have a TUT on how to do it??

http://www.explorerforum.com/Singleton/web/pages/hubconv.html

Read the information found in that link, if you have any questions afterwords just ask

 

[catfisher81]

thank you

 

[Currency]

Your welcome, I hope it helps. I plan to do the same upgrade later in the year... hopefully.

 

[catfisher81]

it does seem abit costly though, for me anyway. but i may consider it. some folks love the autmatic hubs. I do to but, i hear manual hubs are more reliable.

 

[red.EDDIE.4x4]

they are much more reliable. it took me about an hour and a half to install them, and being i have never installed hubs before.
while you have the autos off and the hub assembly apart, its a good time to re pack the wheel bearings.
the only real tools you will NEED are a torque wrench and the special 4 prong socket for ford manual hubs. other then that you should have everything in your garage.

 

[wmkidde]

Thank you sooo much Currency for that post. I have been searching for days trying to find out how to change them. It just took the right wording in the search bar to finally arrive at this thread. I hate all that auto crap they put on 4x4 these days. Now if I can only find a detailed explanation of switching the auto transfer case to a manual shift I'll be all set. Thanks again for such great and detailed info.

 

[Maniak]

Thank you sooo much Currency for that post. I have been searching for days trying to find out how to change them. It just took the right wording in the search bar to finally arrive at this thread. I hate all that auto crap they put on 4x4 these days. Now if I can only find a detailed explanation of switching the auto transfer case to a manual shift I'll be all set. Thanks again for such great and detailed info.

Here is a much updated with better prices/info thread on doing the conversion..

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=232754

I found it by going into the useful thread forum and then into the axle/brakes/differential thread.. It was listed in there.

~Mark