Locking hubs on deuces and up.

[Jones]

When locking hubs are installed on a deuce or larger, are there any additional lube considerations? i.e. Gear lube, wheel bearing grease or special additive to keep the hub alive when in freewheel position?

 

[acetomatoco]

Nope, just follow the nice instructions for installing and remember to keep track of your fuel savings and when you get to the cost of the hubs...about $500 as I recall, you are allowed one "Yahoo". ACE

 

[Jones]

Thanks for the info ACE. I'm still mulling a set of hubs over and figuring out all the pros and cons. For a truck that's as wide as the baby HEMTT is to start with, every bit of extra inches is to be considered.

 

[spicergear]

I'm going to add something here- I've had Selectros on my factory Dana 60 on my M715 and had a set go bad on me. The instructions caution about too much grease. Then I lost another hub. What ended up keeping them alive is to fill the truck's wheel hub with grease so that the splined axle stub is sticking out of a nice full pack of grease allowing the grease to be pulled at by the Lockout hub and no question of lubrication. Do NOT go crazy with grease inside on the mechanism of the locking hub or it can pack, jam and not work.

I've done this SAME THING on my Rockwell axles I then swapped into that M715 and packed the grease right out to where the Lockout itself bolts onto the spacer provided with the lockout kit. Fill that spacer to the end so that you even have a squeeze of grease push out when you install the outer lockout piece and bolt it all together. I've put at least 6,000 miles on those hubs with zero problems and they are similiar in design.

 

[gbooth]

Does anybody have a set of front hubs for sale I am in the Market.
Thanks