Dubious_Downfall
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- City, State
- Fife, WA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1992 Mazda Navajo LX
Preparing to pick up a second first gen Explorer (It's a 92 Navajo), and decided to look into the manual hub swap. Not because I plan on doing it, but because I want to figure out WHY the auto hubs suck eggs.
My hypothesis is that the plastic used in the auto hubs is either too weak, or weakens over time. If that is indeed the culprit, I have an idea to run by the Explorer forum gods.
Could the auto hub's plastic parts be remanufactured with metal instead? Would that actually fix the notoriously failure prone hubs?
My hypothesis is that the plastic used in the auto hubs is either too weak, or weakens over time. If that is indeed the culprit, I have an idea to run by the Explorer forum gods.
Could the auto hub's plastic parts be remanufactured with metal instead? Would that actually fix the notoriously failure prone hubs?