milemarker hubs

[bilchap]

Got to go wheeling this weekend after a long winter and gear swap.Running 4.56 gears with an aussie up front with milemarker hubs.Tried going a rough line ending up slideing over in a 3 ft ditch.Backed up a bit ana hit it again and one of the hub blew apart.Are these weak or what because I hardly gassed it or jerked it at all.Luckly I had a spare factory locking hub.I also noticed that after driving a way the factory hub ran cooler than the other milemarker one .Anybody else had this problem?

 

[RangerX]

I've read opinions that MMs are slightly weaker than Warns, but I don't think anyone has ever done a scientific test or anything.

By any chance, when the hub blew, did you have the wheels turned sharply, and/or were you backing up?

 

[Brian1]

I have seen alot more broken MM hubs than Warns.

 

[KPSquared]

just buy the Warn Jeep hubs and be done with it. They are WAY thicker and tougher than the MM or the Warn ones for the Ex. Well worth the couple extra pennies. Mile Marker are gonna blow up eventually if you wheel hard at all.

 

[LBarr2002]

I have had 2 sets of Milemarkers (Bought a set, broke one, got a new set under warranty and they never sent directions on how to return) After a few breaks, I took them apart to see what was happening. They only engaged about a 1/4 of the locking gears... I flipped one of the gears in the 'broken' ones and they were like new with all the teeth, until I broke them again. I then put washers behind the locking gear on a set and they worked better, but still eventually broke one. This was all with 3.73's, aussie, and started with 32 ATs, then 33 MTs.

Then I went to Warn's and was much harder on them. The only one I broke of those was my fault. I unlocked the hub, but didn't let the truck move at all to unlock before I floored it in low range with 5.13 axle gears. It blew the cap out of the wheel .

 

[Foxracin]

just buy the Warn Jeep hubs and be done with it. They are WAY thicker and tougher than the MM or the Warn ones for the Ex. Well worth the couple extra pennies. Mile Marker are gonna blow up eventually if you wheel hard at all.

Here is one of the unbreakable "Jeep" hubs. lol
Locked 3.73's and 31" LTBs.

 

[KPSquared]

Ok, "be done with it" was a bit of an overstatement. I realize the Warn 37780 is not indestructible, but it is a lot stronger than the Warn 29071 or the MM hubs. Would you at least agree with that? For the extra $20 , it's worth a little more strength to me.

 

[LBarr2002]

I was running the 29071 with 5.13s locked on 33's and only broke the one that I said was my fault...

 

[bilchap]

Thanks for the input.The wheel on that side was off the ground and starting to spin.I think I turned into the bank a little,then pow.I have wheeled for years with all kinds of other trucks and never had this problem.Does this mean everytime it wheel hops a little it will break a hub?If thats the case I would be better off going back to an open carrier.Right now I have factory Ford locking hubs.The mile markers came with another front end I got out of a junk yard,but they were still clean on the inside and looked new

 

[bilchap]

I was thinking of making some out of steel tubing.One that would be locked in all the time.Just to have something to get out of the wood with until you get home or a better location.

 

[KPSquared]

I think if your running locked, you want the best hubs you can get and even then... How big are your tires?

That mud must be REALLY thick if your busting hubs with 31's. This is a D35 right? You might just need stouter axles for the wheeling you do. Sticky mud + lockers will kill things.

 

[bilchap]

I wasn't in the mud.Foxracin was.I was on dry ground,just in a ditch.I do have an aussie up frontwith 31 inch tires