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autohublockfail.jpg | Hits: 545 | Posted on: 1/29/22
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Auto Hub Locks SUCK!!! . . . . ...right?
IF THE IMAGE IS TOO SMALL, click it.
As bad as this looks, and despite the fact that it isn't working at the moment, there's nothing wrong with this 3-screw auto hub lock that can't be fixed with cleaning. And considering that this much water got past the 3 screws & wide O-ring of this cap, even more would have gotten in through the 5~6 screws, thin cap O-ring, and knob O-ring of a manual lock. It would also have done more rust-damage to those thinner springs. So manual hub locks are more-sensitive to neglect than autos. The only reason they seem to last longer is that they tend to be installed on trucks that need more hub maintenance anyway, so manuals get serviced more. But manual hub locks CAN & DO fail like this, and in even-worse ways.
After cleaning, this lock works perfectly. If it had been serviced the way Warn (the manufacturer) & Ford recommend (dunking in ATF twice a year), it never would have gotten this bad.
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