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Re: 4x4 troubles
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2008, 04:26:07 AM »
My OEM hubs are Warns although they're not the same as the ones they sell as aftermarket items. The OEMs don't hold up well either, they have a plastic cam inside that breaks. The ones that you want are the Asins but if you get the Sammy ones then you need to add a shim/thick gasket to get clearance for the circlip.

That plastic cam is supposed to save more important components like axles and diffs.
My buddy had a jeep with warn hubs and those would always get destroyed, so he just got a handful of extra cams to get him home.

No they just move the gear in and out, you may be thinking of hub fuses. They don't work on a Suzuki anyway. The hubs are actually a sealed unit, you can't get replacement parts.
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Re: 4x4 troubles
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2009, 08:46:38 PM »
got a 95' two dr sidekick and was wheelin this past weekend when all of a sudden my front diff wasnt engaging or something. the front drive line was spinnin but the front wheels were not able to spin.
i put it in both hi and low range and still the the wheels would not spin. thought maybe the hubs but i never heard a loud break. so...

so wat are some of the possibilities that the 4x4 is not working??


I have this same problem right now but i have manual locking hubs and today i replaced the new old one with a used set from a 93 sidekick

i also have just gotten into 4 wheeling and don't know too much about it.

any help is much appreciated.

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Re: 4x4 troubles
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2009, 09:27:10 AM »
I got a spare hub from the auto wreckers for $5 because it was frozen,
took it home and cleaned it out and now have a spare just in case, easy to
clean and lube, just watch where the parts go, there aren't too many
it's really the way the spring goes in you have to pay attention to

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