Have ou done the manual hub conversion?

[tweakedlogic]

If so you may have an extra part lying around I need. I want to keep my auto hubs, but I shattered my engaugment cam ( I think that's the name). Its the plastic peice with the three **** and a double coiled spring around it. It locks into the hub.
No body sells just that part. so I called a junkyard and they told me it was in the hub assembly I had to buy. I bought it, got it home, no cam. I called back and they said it was another $40. I told them where to stick it and hung up. Pull-a-part has no hubs in the yard.
So My question is, If you have swapped to manual, can i buy you stock engagement cam?

 

[410Fortune]

Your junk yard sucks.
Have you tried a search?

 

[tweakedlogic]

yes. everyone wants to sell me the whole hub. But I have already purchaced an xetra one that didn't have what I need.
Your right, all of the yards suck around here.

 

[tweakedlogic]

No one, huh. Figures. Guess I won't go wheeling until I can get manuals.

 

[yosh18981898]

The reason no one around here has them is because that's usually the part that breaks, and broken auto hubs are why people swap to manuals.

I remember a while back there was a guy making the cams out of aluminum, they were supposed to be quite a bit stronger than the plastic things.

But anyways, just get the warn or mile markers. You will be much happier in the end and won't have to worry about them breaking again any time soon. I have heard that the warns seem to have a cleaner record than the mile markers, but I have the mm's on mine (they are ~$50 cheaper) and they have held up great under some pretty hard abuse (albeit with stock tires). I would say only get the warns if you are planning on running 33" or bigger tires.

Oh and another added benefit of manual hubs is 2 wheel drive low range. You won't believe how big of trailer your little X will pull in 2 wheel drive low range!!

 

[Creager]

Warn offers life-time warrantee I do believe.

 

[Thelgord]

Correct yosh18981898! The reason I switched to WARN manuals is that little plastic piece was broken, and the cost/benifit just wasn't there. I am running stock tires for now, but plan on a lift and larger tires. Every mechanic I talked to said the stock auto hubs wouldn't hold up well with larger tires, so I was planing the change over anway. The plastic breaking just made me do it sooner is all.

 

[Creager]

Correct yosh18981898! The reason I switched to WARN manuals is that little plastic piece was broken, and the cost/benifit just wasn't there. I am running stock tires for now, but plan on a lift and larger tires. Every mechanic I talked to said the stock auto hubs wouldn't hold up well with larger tires, so I was planing the change over anway. The plastic breaking just made me do it sooner is all.

the autohubs would hold up fine, besides that plastic peice...

they just dont like being over-greased. But hey, i got manuals just like everyone else haha.