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What brand of manual locking hubs do you use? What’s the best manual hubs to buy?
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It is possible that your fuel economy will be less due to the energy required to spin the metal, but I doubt it will be noticeable. Series Land Rovers operate the same way, ie they continually spin the front drive train. Manual locking Hubs being sold as an option on these to save fuel, rather that a fix for a vacuum system.
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TomDK wrote: The SJ Aisin hubs does require a bit of work. But only takes 5 minutes to do.
The unthreaded part of the bearing lock nut needs to be cut off. It's easy to do and doesn't do anything to how the nut holds the bearing on place.
This does not work. Been there, tried it and found out it does not work.
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Works fine on my Jimny and many others with SJ manual hubs.
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TomDK wrote: What hubs?
Works fine on my Jimny and many others with SJ manual hubs.
Aisin SJ freewheeling hubs that I kept from my old SJ. Many others have found the same, which is why the spacers came about. It was partly my findings years ago, back not long after this forum started that spurred the production of the spacers.
The production of hubs that need no spacers now has likely reduced the need for them. My wheel bearing nuts are cut down as much as they can be too.
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S200KYS wrote: The ‘average’ Jimny owner isn’t going to want to release the wheel bearings and then re-torque them up to be able to get the nut out to cut the lip off it though?
And why bother when you can either buy spacers or hubs that just fit?
Times have moved on!
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I wrote this large wiki article which deals extensively with the topic of fixed or manual vs. vacuum locking front wheel free wheeling hub heads.
I mentioned in that article that trimming the front wheel bearing locking nut is one of the possible solutions for fitting an old Vitara or SJ41x manual hub head. But now I see that such a method is allegedly not feasible, while others claim that it is?
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My vacuum system still works, but when it stops I believe it will be the above pipes due to corrosion which are in a poor state for a 2009 vehicle. I want to keep the system "as is", but dont want to pay the £170 for a new pipe set.
I believe I could manufacture new pipe sets a a fraction of the cost, but need a unbent set off a vehicle to act as a template. As mine still work they are not coming off just yet, but if someone has a set they would like to donate then maybe we can supply a better made alternative for those that wish to retain it. I am in Stoke-on-Trent and would collect within reason or pay postage (uk).
Its not going to be a money making venture from my prospective, just a forum type supply possibility, so cheap and slow is my work ethic.
Sorry to hijack this thread, but it feels like the correct place to ask as you have already decided to bin the vacuum system.
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