KPSquared
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- February 24, 2009
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- City, State
- Wetaskiwin, Alberta
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2017 Explorer
So I was out wheeling for pretty much the first time since I got my rig to the place where I could actually wheel it.
Later in the day, I lost 4x4... figured out my passenger side hub wasn't engaging. I have the Warn Jeep hubs and was hoping they would last.
So, I just pulled it apart, and it looks like I never installed the axle shaft spacer (that splined washer) when I did the manual hub conversion. The stupid snap ring is there but no washer. So the axle pulled into the spinle and slipped out of the hub.
It looks like it stripped about 1/8" or maybe a little more of the threads off inside the hub. If I can get the shaft pushed out again and get that spacer on to hold it there, how much shaft is actually engaging inside the hub? There is a ton of spline left in the hub, just a little further in. Will my shaft reach that far in there, or should I just throw that hub away...(which would suck cause they were spendy)
I have all the stuff for a c-clip elimiator so b/w that and the fact I'll be finding a new spacer to put it, it shouldn't happen again, but I hope the splines will still mesh...
Stupid, stupid me...
Later in the day, I lost 4x4... figured out my passenger side hub wasn't engaging. I have the Warn Jeep hubs and was hoping they would last.
So, I just pulled it apart, and it looks like I never installed the axle shaft spacer (that splined washer) when I did the manual hub conversion. The stupid snap ring is there but no washer. So the axle pulled into the spinle and slipped out of the hub.
It looks like it stripped about 1/8" or maybe a little more of the threads off inside the hub. If I can get the shaft pushed out again and get that spacer on to hold it there, how much shaft is actually engaging inside the hub? There is a ton of spline left in the hub, just a little further in. Will my shaft reach that far in there, or should I just throw that hub away...(which would suck cause they were spendy)
I have all the stuff for a c-clip elimiator so b/w that and the fact I'll be finding a new spacer to put it, it shouldn't happen again, but I hope the splines will still mesh...
Stupid, stupid me...