My manual hub set up was around 500 bucks.Originally Posted by Seanz0rz
I could do the arb locker for around 850
My manual hub set up was around 500 bucks.
I could do the arb locker for around 850
i dont pay for labor. i was a tech for nissan, but am currently laid off due to our wonderful economy. my tool box is at my dads machine shop. only thing i dont feel comfortable doing is setting up diffs. i have installed a lockright before but if i spend the money on arb i have a place lined up with people i trust. i really dont think manual hubs is needed. so they dont spin when you drive normally....whether its manual or auto your still gonna break a cv occasionally just bring spare cv's with you is the way i see it.
1998 4runner SAS<br />1997 Volvo 850<br /><br />www.toyotacrawlers.com
the add system is actually stronger since it uses drive flanges, nothing in the hub to break because there is no hub. usually you will grenade the actual cv joint, and those can be replaced with a little knowledge and a proper socket out on the trail.
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i remember hearing that one of them was considered stronger, but wasnt sure which one
1998 4runner SAS<br />1997 Volvo 850<br /><br />www.toyotacrawlers.com
I ran a front locrite for a while in my 3rd gen. Its really n ot bad. . at all on the road. I could barely ever notice it. Eventually it wears tho and it did get a little worse. I ended up upgrading to manual hubs
You gotta go used on hte manual hubs, I scored mine for $100 and installed them myself. I actually made money selling my add cv's
99 Toy 4Runner<br />Retrofitted elocker, lockrite up front<br />4:88s<br />35's with 2.5" lift<br />Custom front bumper with Milemarker 8k pound winch
it snows where i live so the lockright may be ok for you on the street, but in snow turning with a lockright up front in 4wd will probably suck.
1998 4runner SAS<br />1997 Volvo 850<br /><br />www.toyotacrawlers.com
thats why you gotta get manual hubs... only lock one not both.
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That doesn't work at all. The truck endlessly pulls to the side with the locked hub. Its easier to drive in 2wd at that point.
In addition, turning sucks. People say you can hop out and unlock a hub when you need to turn, but I doubt anyone who says that has tried it. That would suck so unbelievably much, and everyone with you would be annoyed after about 15 minutes, since you'd have to stop constantly.
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im with axleike on that one
1998 4runner SAS<br />1997 Volvo 850<br /><br />www.toyotacrawlers.com
thats where twinsticks come into playThat doesn't work at all. The truck endlessly pulls to the side with the locked hub. Its easier to drive in 2wd at that point.
In addition, turning sucks. People say you can hop out and unlock a hub when you need to turn, but I doubt anyone who says that has tried it. That would suck so unbelievably much, and everyone with you would be annoyed after about 15 minutes, since you'd have to stop constantly.
dont bother unlocking, just throw it into 2lo
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