Locking hubs have me confused.....

[Strode182]

I've been doing a complete front end rebuild. I took pictures of everything as I took it apart so I'd know how it went back together.

I finished putting the drivers side together, looking at my pictures. Then I started doing the passenger side, and while looking at my pictures, discovered that the two sides weren't put together the same.

The pictures are exactly how I took them off. This is the passengers side coming apart:



See how the machined indention is facing out?

Now this is the drivers side gear coming out:



The gear on this side has the flush side to the outside, and the indention in.

I didn't notice the gears in the hubs were different till I got all done and happened to be going thru the pictures. And, I'm not even exactly sure which pictures I was looking at when I put it back together.

So now I gotta take them apart again, but does anybody know which way is correct? The hubs do engage & disengage after I put them together, but there has to be a right way and a wrong way. The TSM picture isn't much help.

Anybody know about this? Thanks......

[Tripwire]

I've only done hubs once...changing from auto to manual. Iirc. There is a snap ring that needs to lock in so it looks to me that the passengers side is correct, but what the heck do I know. LOL.

Page doctor Risto.......Or Canuck or redone.....

[68glad]

I'm thinking driver side is correct. I am 37 though so my memory is well.... .

[Carnuck]

Pretty sure pass side is right. Look to see if the spring sets into that indent.

[Strode182]

Originally Posted by Carnuck

Pretty sure pass side is right. Look to see if the spring sets into that indent.

No, the spring rides on the outside on either end of it, it doesn't fit in the indent.

I thinking the indent side goes in, and the flush side is out. But maybe it's the other way....LOL. It doesn't fit better one way or the other.

[jfliege]

I think I remember it beint the passenger side way when I pulled mine to replace rotors. In my head it makes more sense too since the passenger side picture shows that there is a gap where there are no teeth to the outside and since that is the part that moves in to grab the recess being on the outside makes more sense.

DISCLAIMER: key words above being in my head, meaning the two stones that rattle around up there occasionally make some noise.

good luck

[Strode182]

I think the passenger side was right also.

I studied the pictures some more, and looking at the drivers side, with the indent in, you can see wear marks on the teeth. (The wear marks aren't as bad as they look with no grease on them.)

The passenger side, with the indent out, doesn't have wear marks because there are no teeth.

I have no idea what was wearing against it....the only thing is the c-clip for the axle shaft, and it's not touching it. Maybe under certain conditions it could...dunno.

So it's indention out. Thanks guys.