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as vacuum operated hubs are so much of an issue and finding manual hubs so difficult does anyone know if the normal auto hubs can be physically locked by stripping and setting the collar in the lock position and disconnecting the vac pipes ??
not sure whether i read this on here or the trooper forum ( the trooper suffers exactly the same issues with the auto hubs ).
having permanently locked hubs will be no problem as it is not a daily driver.
thanks rob
take cover off them activate hub, finger, screwdriver it just slots in no bother
get short piece of tube with either a bolt in the end or just tie a knot in it and remove vac hose an fit short piece
some old sj`s ran with engaged hub`s with no drag or extra fatigue
done it to 2 previous jimny`s with no adverse problem`s
Hi mate yes as already mentioned it can be done easily in 5 minutes.Last time we was out laning my mates vacuum hubs failed so he had to lock them manually and they stayed in.
no need to touch them
small pipe comes from plenum chamber this is the vac hose pull it out cable tie to safe place
short piece o pipe either with knot or bolt in the end pop it on to plenum chamber activate hubs manually job done
