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electric toyota hubs..
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:00 pm
by rangimotors
on the weekend during a little play i was having down by the river i came across a stuck surf which wouldn't go into 4wd, seemed the hubs were the problem as i was pulling it out i began to wonder if the ease of pushing a button was worth the risk of loosing 4wd out in the wop-wops, is this a common fault? and is it easy to convert or change them to manual locking hubs? any advice or info would be great thanks
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 10:12 pm
by philux
kaney on here seems to have that prroblem a lot lately alwaya loosing 2wd, pm oldblue, he does kits for pardos and cruiser maybe surfs 2. Got a ad on the front page here..
Phil
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 10:49 pm
by Jerry
May be worth changing them before they fail...
There are 3 options
(1) Old Blues allen key mod (look at the front page of ORE)
(2) Get some surf beam axle thingys and some manual hubs and convert them
(3) Get an aftermarket spacer kit and some manual hubs
I went for the spacers, pics are here
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules ... 0972#60972
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 12:37 am
by oldblue
Just need to remember, that if you use my converstion, you will still have the supper strong Toyota Aisin hubs.
Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:04 am
by Clint
I went with the hilux/surf hub option as it was the strongest & cheapest, full how-to here:
http://www.offroadexpress.co.nz/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=2123&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45 (scroll down a bit)
Cheers
Clint