Manual hub tight

Comdivers · #1 (**permalink**) 09-09-2010, 10:50 AM

One 4 wheel drive manual activation hub turns freely, other wheel is so tight it takes all my strength to turn it.

Suggestions please...

gary2070 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-09-2010, 10:51 AM

I heard wd40 will loosen it up.

Comdivers · #3 (**permalink**) 09-09-2010, 10:57 AM

Yea, I kinda thought about taking the wheel off and just checking it out but being totally in the dark about how they work I thought I'd give the ol forum a buzz in case even that would just be a waste of my time...

ZW99GT · #4 (**permalink**) 09-28-2010, 05:10 PM

I had the same problem on my 2000. The Auto 4x4 wouldn't engage and I couldn't figure it out. So I tried to spin the driver's side in the lock position and it was stuck. A pair of vice-grips solved the problem then, but later on I just drowned them with PB blaster and they are doing ok, still haven't tried the auto, but they spin easily.

Do these things come apart? I didn't take them off. If they would come apart a quick greasing would obviously free this up.

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