is it possible to swap my 96 automatic hub with my 94 manual hubs

[gushen85]

hello I have a 96 explorer with automatic hubs on the front. I also have a 94 explorer with manual hubs. I would like to put those manual hubs on my 96, i know anything is possible with a set of torches and a good welder. My question is, is it worth the trouble or is it sorta easy swap. Has anyone done this before. Thank you for reading this and God Bless

 

[kkjb4x4.0]

Doubt it,,the 94 is a ttb front end and the 96 is a torsion bar that does'nt use any hubs. Take a look at the two trucks and you'll see the difference,,you would have to convert the 96 to a ttb,,not worth it.

 

[delexploder]

Do a search on AVM conversion, I just got all the parts to do this to two of my second Gen explorers, other than swapping in a solid front axle its the only way to get manual hubs on your rig, however you will also need to do a BWM brown wire mod, or get a manual transfer case ,you have a vacuum disconnect on your front pass side axle, not sure if that would jive with the conversion, 95/96 are the only second gens with the vacuum disconnect,

 

[gushen85]

thats what i figured, i figured that might be a easier why to by pass the vacuum crap to engage the front end in stand of swapping in a solid front axle, and im also putting the 5 speed manual and tcase out of the 94 and putting it my 96 to get rid of that 4auto crap and get my 4 high back. just got to find a manual shift kit for the 4wheel because its a electric shift. Does anyone know any website i can do some searching on.there has to be a cable set up or linkage package out there, only one i can find so far, you got to crawl underneath and do it by hand which i rather keep my electric hift. and thank you for your feed back, its pretty helpful to have someone else's opinion