Auto locking hubs.......HELP Please!!!!!

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Peter contain ek kan mos sommer net die hub afhaal en so ry ipv om albei te lock, aangesien my een gebruik is.
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If you take it off you will have to seal the area well so that dirt doesn'tget into your wheel bearings.

Try David Volschenk, he may have some second-hand ones.
Otherwise Andre (Stefaansie on this forum) also has a broken one, perhaps the broken parts are not the same part and you can make one from two?
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Dagsê manne,

I have indeed replaced both the Auto-locking hubs on my Trol,

I have a GQ '96 and it has the same hubs as the newer models, although that's what I thought.

When I removed the 6 bolts, only half of the hub came off, the rest of the insides was held onto the shaft with a snap ring. So I had to remove that as well.

I tested them this past Friday at Chimes(mine dumps) and came to realize that the Auto setting doesn't work, but when I lock them they work beautifully.

So, next step will be to clean them out properly and re-grease. And go test again...



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This phenomena can also be caused by wrong ATF in transfer case. If the viscosity is higher than the specced ATF, then a small amount of 'drive' is transferred to the front prop which in turn tries to engage the hubs when in 'auto'
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This is true about wrong ATF or Gear Oil,...depending on which one you decided to use according to age of Patrol.

However,... i believe most of the "Ghost" engaging of front hubs is due to old and/or cold grease issues.
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My suggestion is to change those auto hubs to the manual ones at the first sign of trouble.

I have had endless trouble and malfunctioning front diff issues. Tried to repair it a few times and eventually just bought the manual replacements.
The units I bought from Commercial auto are still working perfectly.

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Commercial auto in jhb mr Boegman changed his to manual and seems very happy with them
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So I phoned them this morning

Splines = 29 / 31 / 10 all for R1100

Which one do I buy? How many splines do I have? 2005 4.8?
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