Selectro Hubs?

[Gadget]

I have a couple of Selectro locking hubs I thought I'd put on my Deuce but I noticed something with them I don't like.

The guts of the locking mechanism are retained on the inside by a snap ring. It's nothing more than a curved round wire, and it doesn't even fit completely into the groove of the hub housing. The groove is smaller than the ring. It looks like a good vibration could shake these things apart...

Maybe there's some sort of wedge action happening between the snap ring, the groove in the hub, and the guts being retained by the ring? Is that how a wire type retainer normally works?

I probably never would have even noticed it, but one of the rings came loose in shipping. Finding the ring loose in the box made me wonder if I want to put these hubs on my truck!

Anyone ever use these hubs? Anyone ever heard of a manufacturing defect recall by Selectro? I'm very surprised by the cheap ring, I can't believe they would even consider building them this way. I mean, what's an internal C-ring cost gonna cost them?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Recovry4x4]

Dunno about that but for sheer appearance alone, I'd rather run Selectros. My opinion

 

[clinto]

I'd risk it; I have a few friends who have run them and they had no problems. My only issue with them is they aren't terribly resistant to water getting in (unlike the new Ouverson lockouts, etc.).

And Kenny makes a good point, if painted green, you barely notice selectros.

 

[rizzo]

someone else posted that they have had the same set of selectros for 10 or 20 years. never had a problem

 

[gringeltaube]

... they aren't terribly resistant to water getting in...

I replaced the O-rings with thicker ones, put enough silicon lubricant in the grooves and went trough water 3 feet deep. Never had any problem.

Gerhard