Marvin Oliver

Hi
Have a 94 F150 XLT 4x4 auto hubs all stock. When on dirt roads I engage
the 4x4 and about a hunderd or so yards later I hear awfull clunking/poping
noises and the steering wheel twitches. Later on if I disengage the 4x4
about a hundered or so yards later I hear awfull clunking/poping noises and
the steering wheel twitches. The 4x4 light comes on or goes off within
second or two fo pushing the button. This is very repeatable.

I took the hubs apart and found one plastic spacer on the passenger side
cracked. Otherwise there is no obvious problems or indication of gears
grinding or not messhing. I am ording the spacer from ford tommorrow. Has
anyone experienced this or have suggestions.

tia
jimo

 

Spdloader

We used to pull those off and replace them with a quality manual hub, then
no more problems.

Spdloader



"Marvin Oliver" <m3599137@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Have a 94 F150 XLT 4x4 auto hubs all stock. When on dirt roads I engage
> the 4x4 and about a hunderd or so yards later I hear awfull
> clunking/poping noises and the steering wheel twitches. Later on if I
> disengage the 4x4 about a hundered or so yards later I hear awfull
> clunking/poping noises and the steering wheel twitches. The 4x4 light
> comes on or goes off within second or two fo pushing the button. This is
> very repeatable.
>
> I took the hubs apart and found one plastic spacer on the passenger side
> cracked. Otherwise there is no obvious problems or indication of gears
> grinding or not messhing. I am ording the spacer from ford tommorrow. Has
> anyone experienced this or have suggestions.
>
> tia
> jimo
>

pj

AMEN!! ;-)


We used to pull those off and replace them with a quality manual hub, then
no more problems.

Spdloader



"Marvin Oliver" <m3599137@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:1aaXd.3679$oO4.3653@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
> Hi
> Have a 94 F150 XLT 4x4 auto hubs all stock. When on dirt roads I engage
> the 4x4 and about a hunderd or so yards later I hear awfull
> clunking/poping noises and the steering wheel twitches. Later on if I
> disengage the 4x4 about a hundered or so yards later I hear awfull
> clunking/poping noises and the steering wheel twitches. The 4x4 light
> comes on or goes off within second or two fo pushing the button. This is
> very repeatable.
>
> I took the hubs apart and found one plastic spacer on the passenger side
> cracked. Otherwise there is no obvious problems or indication of gears
> grinding or not messhing. I am ording the spacer from ford tommorrow. Has
> anyone experienced this or have suggestions.
>
> tia
> jimo
>

The OTHER Kevin in San Diego

On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:33:05 GMT, paj3@cornell.edu (pj) wrote:

>AMEN!! ;-)
>
>
>We used to pull those off and replace them with a quality manual hub, then
>no more problems.

Hit up www.warn.com and check out their online catalog for manual hub
kits for your rig then part number in hand, hit up your local off-road
shop. I pretty much use 4 Wheel Parts for my off road goodies.. YMMV

Marvin Oliver

"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:33:05 GMT, paj3@cornell.edu (pj) wrote:
>
>>AMEN!! ;-)
>>
>>
>>We used to pull those off and replace them with a quality manual hub, then
>>no more problems.
>
> Hit up www.warn.com and check out their online catalog for manual hub
> kits for your rig then part number in hand, hit up your local off-road
> shop. I pretty much use 4 Wheel Parts for my off road goodies.. YMMV
>
>
thanx for the responses. I have purchased a set of warn manual locking hubs
from 4-west. It will be next week before I have time to install them.

jimo