[DSKEW3]

i have a 99' jimny (with free wheeling hubs) and every now and then the 4wd wont work (the hubs are lokced in) they will only work wen i really dont need 4wd it like they have a mind of there own its really pissing me off cause i feel like a dick wen i cant get up a hill.

[Rusho]

Pull you hubs off, give em a clean up and re-grease

[alien]

yeah you'll fine one or both hubs are clogged up and not locking in and then the diff sends all the power to the unlocked axle.

i wrote a tutorial on rebuilding hubs, its in the "good tech" section.

[DSKEW3]

thanks heaps people thought it would be that is it hard to pull them off ?

[alien]

easy as... just need basic tools, some degreaser / petrol to clean it all up with and some bearing grease (with lithium) to lube it up!

tutorial is here: http://www.auszookers.com/index.php?nam ... light=hubs

[DSKEW3]

sweet i no wat iam doin this arvo.

[SuziBlu]

Just make sure you read Aliens stuff well.

I am reasonably mechanically minded, and so, pulled the hubs off, stripped them, put them back together, an thought, crikey, that was easy, when I put them back on, no go ???

Anyways, ended up doing the first one about a zillion times, very simple little shit things that you dont think means anything, but well explained in aliens write up.

Once I had seen my fuckup, other side took SFA time.

[TheRealCJ]

Yeah, definitely check that your hubs are locking properly.

I had the exact same problem the first time I ever took my Vit out. Turns out both my hubs weren't properly engaging.

My suggestion is to check that out BEFORE you end up 40 clicks from the nearest road

[PJ.zook]

I used to just engage them, then hit them with a rock to be sure they were in. Then I got the Pathfinder with auto-hubs and realised how good the manual hubs were even with their faults.

[DSKEW3]

thanks heaps people they are working now just needed a good clean and grease but the bolts that where holding them on where really loose and i had one missing but wen i put them back on i tightend them as much as I could (sat night) went 4wding on sunday hubs where good then cleaned the car wednesday night and wen i was cleaning the wheels i looked at the hubs and all the bolts except for 1 where holding the hub on so i got a couple of bolts from the other side and done them up and drove it to work and iam just about to put the new bolts in now with LOCTITE so i hope they wont come out now

[TheRealCJ]

If you don't go 4WDing very often, you should take them off and clean them every 4-6 months of them not being in use. They seize up else.