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ya that make sense I did get he farm jack on the front and jacked the lot up locked the hubs to see if I could feel a difference both felt the same but all this has been done in my drive in the dark in the rain I will be in the workshop tomorrow so can have a better look hopefully its just a hub and needs a bit of tinkering and no money spent to much latley
Get the front off the ground completely up on axle stands. Stick the transfer box in 4wd to stop the prop spinning. Lock the hubs. Spin each wheel one at a time. They should both spin when you turn one but in opposite directions because of the diff.
If only one turns, there's a problem.
Take it out of 4wd. Leave the hubs locked. Allow one wheel to touch the ground so it can't spin. Turn the one in the air. If it causes the front prop to spin then that side is likely ok. If it doesn't there is a problem with that side. The problem is likely the hub.
There must be a guide on refurbing them on YouTube. It's only taking them apart and lightly greasing them.
The problem might be that the grease in the hubs has gone hard in the cold.
I doubt it's anything more or you'd have know the last time you were in 4wd that the rear wheels were spinning. Broken CVs often stop you steering properly.
Hope that helps.
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
cheers ill go through that tomarrow ive had cv go on other things and don't think its a cv ive had no noise at all and still no noise cheers for the advise makes it much easyer to track down the problem
I've gone to fixed hubs so they are always locked. They don't need adapter rings and just bolt on as a lump of cast metal. Nothing to go wrong.
I know it causes drag to increase fuel consumption and wear on the front axle and blah blah blah, but hey, fuel consumption is crap anyway and I change the kingpin bearings & the oil seals and the oil so often it really makes no difference. Also I have a spare front diff and another after that would be cheap, not that the one that's in the car now will ever break. So who cares about all that stuff? Not me!
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
I leave my hubs locked all the time only unlock them if driving far to get some were but still forget most of the time so I would say 90% locked don't know if this would cause the problem they have been locked since I went out lanning last and lkeft like it and there were defo working then
