GATRFEST 2011 OCT 21-23 CARNAGE LIST

[drich394]

lock out (locking hubs) allow your front axle to be open as in the stub shatfs will be free spinning and provide a better turning of the front wheels as they did spin indepenantly while also allowing you to manually lock them as in 4WD so that they trun simulatiously.  - and drive flanges (pucks) are full time locked and are not able to be unlocked- so you remain in 4WD.

[kvom]

Not exactly.  If the TC is in 2wd you'll be in 2wd, but the axle shafts and drive shaft will be turning with flanges.  With hubs the wheels are divorced from the shafts while unlocked.  When locked, hubs work the same as flanges.

Both engage the splines on the outers.  Since the flange is a solid piece of steel, it's not going to break.

[drich394]

Kirt, no one is started on TC's - only diff between locking hubs and flanges, {nln}  {hihi} - but yes, if you want to go that route- that is also true, but you still turn like $h!t if flanges are on and you drop to 2WD- since the wheels will not turn independantly.   {btt}

[Logan]

Kirt, no one is started on TC's - only diff between locking hubs and flanges, {nln}  {hihi} - but yes, if you want to go that route- that is also true, but you still turn like $h!t if flanges are on and you drop to 2WD and are welded or have a spool- since the wheels will not turn independantly.   {btt}

Fixed.

[kvom]

The question was the difference between flanges and hubs, so I was just clarifying that having flanges doesn't mean you're locked in 4wd.  Obviously with a welded/spooled front, you'd want hubs if you plan to drive it on-road.

[Will]

You had the right idea, ryan, but the clarification was neccesary because mentioning 4 wheel drive was probably confusing to folks looking to understand the function of a lockout hub, which is to disconnect the hub and outer shaft from the inner shafts.

Anybody fixed their junk yet? I put a new boot on my driveshaft and painted it, but that's about it. Got parts coming today though

[RotorHead]

Got my axles, but need to tack weld the caps before I install them.

[tcdawg]

Got my axles, but need to tack weld the caps before I install them.

Do you have a picture that shows the location for the tack welds?  I need to do this.

I take it the U joints need to be removed for this?

[Richard]

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[lt99ls1]

still waiting for parts to come in....................

[DOUG]

Got my axles, but need to tack weld the caps before I install them.

Do you have a picture that shows the location for the tack welds?  I need to do this.

I take it the U joints need to be removed for this?

Yeah Tony, they can do it on the lift while it is all together.  Allsouth did it to my 1st JK Rubi, and will do it to my new used one too.... as soon as I get some parts in. 

[BigJerm]

Meg is going to be out of town for a week so I will drive her Liberty while I take the jeep apart. The texture paint I used just flakes off to easy. I plan to go with the flat black enamel that I have been touching up with. It is holding strong. Been talking to AllSouth about prices for a DS and SYE.