warn premium hubs.....

[geonc]

....to replace the auto hubs in my D50 .
I shelled one crawling up a 30 deg hill to a job.....squeals like a pig in 4X but quiet in 2X so I'm hoping all else is well

Who has done them and is $300 too much to pay for them?
I can install myself

The place I got that price from also said I do not need the adaptor kit.....I was under the impression in order to convert auto to manual a kit was needed in order to be able to use the 5 set screws on the manual covers

MERRY CHRISTMAS you guyz

 

[93turbo_animal]

I put manuals on my f350 and $300 is way to much I think I only paid around $150 for the hubs and $60 for the kit and what I've read is that if you have 3 bolt auto's you need the kit but if you have 5 bolt autos you don't but I don't know other then if when you get all the autos guts out and if you have 2 seperate spanner nuts with a lock ring your good to go if you only have one spanner nut with a key way keeper you need the kit

 

[94f450sd]

sorry GEO but i dont have those in my parts pile.

 

[sle2115]

Warn premiums are pensive, but well worth it if you do any mudding, pulling etc. I have a set and they were $200+ for my D60, so I would say that is in the ballpark. You may be able to find cheaper hubs, or maybe even the Warn Premies for less, but I would say that is close.

 

[Mike]

Wish I could help you on the cost factor or the kit question geo, but my truck already had them when I bought it.

 

[NJKen]

The number of bolts in the cap have nothing to do with the adapter kit. The bolts thread into the hub that is being replaced anyway. The auto to manual adapter kit is nothing more than a set of spindle nuts. The automatic hubs use a nut with a tapered side that part of the hub rides on. The hub also holds a little key in that keps the nut on. When you change to manual hubs the new hub does not ride on the tapered part of the spindle nut anymore so there is nothing keeping the little key in that keeps the nut on. The replacement nuts are the old style nuts with the 4 slots and washer in the middle.
Ken

 

[NJKen]

BTW, you can get a much better deal on hubs Herehttp://www.gowarn.com/hubs.asp?gclid=CJPK75TcqIkCFR1RUAod_Bas2w
Ken

 

[Greenbeast6.9]

i have a set of stock hubs, i think they are superduty.

 

[96_Bear]

I just did mine on my F350 I paid $225 for hubs and conv. kit they are warn hubs and conv. kit

 

[93turbo_animal]

The number of bolts in the cap have nothing to do with the adapter kit. The bolts thread into the hub that is being replaced anyway. The auto to manual adapter kit is nothing more than a set of spindle nuts. The automatic hubs use a nut with a tapered side that part of the hub rides on. The hub also holds a little key in that keps the nut on. When you change to manual hubs the new hub does not ride on the tapered part of the spindle nut anymore so there is nothing keeping the little key in that keeps the nut on. The replacement nuts are the old style nuts with the 4 slots and washer in the middle.
Ken

well thats what I thought too but I've only had the 3 bolt autos apart and from what I've read the guys that have changed over the 5bolt auto the hub is built different and already has the spindle nuts

 

[NJKen]

well thats what I thought too but I've only had the 3 bolt autos apart and from what I've read the guys that have changed over the 5bolt auto the hub is built different and already has the spindle nuts

The hub and the spindle nuts are 2 totaly different parts. I have been working on vehicles both professionally and as a hoby for the last 20 years and have never seen a hub/spindle nut combination. The bolts thread into the hub body itself and that hub body is replaced by changing the locking hub assy. If yu just want to change the cap than the bolt count matters. If you are changing the whole hub it does not because you are getting the whole locking hub assy (both hub body and cap)
Ken

 

[geonc]

This would be ALOT simpiler if I had a D60

Only issue right now is a duce or so for the hubs VS a grand or more for the D60


guys for the replys

Isn't the TTB 50 a 44 with 60 hubs anyway


BTW....MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

[NJKen]

The TTB 50 is a 50 with 60 hubs. The 44HD is the one nobody wants!
Ken

 

[93turbo_animal]

The hub and the spindle nuts are 2 totaly different parts. I have been working on vehicles both professionally and as a hoby for the last 20 years and have never seen a hub/spindle nut combination. The bolts thread into the hub body itself and that hub body is replaced by changing the locking hub assy. If yu just want to change the cap than the bolt count matters. If you are changing the whole hub it does not because you are getting the whole locking hub assy (both hub body and cap)
Ken

yeah yeah I get all that trust me I've change lots of auto hubs over to manuals and always needed the conversion kit for the spindle nuts even on the rangers and half tons but all of them have been 3bolt autos never worked on any 5 bolt auto hubs but from guys that have the 5 bolt autos they say they already have the 2 spindle nuts and the lock ring like the manual hubs