Auto locking hubs

[Willie Two]

Well here we are with 2 feet of snow on the ground, what is the best way to be sure my front hubs are locking in the way they should be. This is my first winter with the B2. Also any suggestions for a supplier for manual hubs and are manual hubs better overall. ? Thanks

[ranger5.0]

Junk the autos. Warn makes a pretty strong hub. I have broke axle shafts off inside of them. I also have grenaded the housings on them and the still worked to get me home. The ford manuals fail inside and will just let the axle shaft spin inside of it.

[pigmy pony]

If you live by a upullit yard you could go get some manual hubs there. If your lucky you might find some warns, but probably not. I have stock manual hubs and I've broke an axle shaft before but not the hubs.

[Bob Myers]

Just where do you live Willy? And by the way, don't write off the Ford hubs too quickly. Warn made them. Finest quality the cheapest bid can buy.

[Willie Two]

Are hubs off of a small Ford ranger truck the same ??

[Bob Myers]

yes, the Ranger(1984-1990) are the same hubs as BroncoII

[texastud1983]

I got some Warn manual hubs for your stock B2. Make me an offer, I need to get rid of them. They are around $300 bran new.

[Willie Two]

Sorry but shipping them to Canada would be toooooooo expensive but thanks anyway. Unless you want to come up here fishing next spring

[texastud1983]

Dude, I'll sell them to you for $50. They are in pretty good shape. Like I said I just need to get rid of them, I'd like to see them get put to good use either than them sit in the garage and colect dust or end up in the trash. Shipping would be only 20 or 30 bucks.

[Bob Myers]

Declare them a gift or a trade,apply a value of $10.00 to them for customs, or classify them as used sample auto parts for rebuild and ship them for under $20.00 total. Do it quite often. Sent a shaft to a guy up north as a sample shaft, no duty or goofy tax.

[BDEUCE]

on the topic of hubs...if i may ask a q as well.

i have the ford manuals, on my d35 b2, i was wondering if the d28 b2 manual hubs are the same, are they interchangeable? i've been to my j-yard and saw a couple of hubs, good to carry a spare. all the other d35's there have auto hubs

[Willie Two]

Here I go , learning again about my newly aquired B2. What is the difference between a d35 and a d28. For that matter what is a "d" that you are speaking off. Sorry for my ignorance . Also regarding the changeover to manual, is it true I need manual hub adaptors along with the hubs themselves to make the whole thing work ????.

[Bob Myers]

The "d" is merely an abbreviation of Dana, the axle manufacturer.
To change auto hubs to manual hubs you also need the bearing retainer nuts from manual hubs. No adapter is used, just change the nuts and install the manual hubs. SInce you just got your Bronco you need to pull the front bearings and clean/repack them any way, just as a preventative measure.

[ledfordwc]

the d is short for dana and i would be curious to know how to tell which one is in my B2 and i'm not sure about the manual hub adapters i've never heard of that but it might be something you have to have

[DBrown]

i would be curious to know how to tell which one is in my B2

I would put my money on it being a D28. I think either 89 or 90 got some D35's but I think the actual numbers are low.