Free wheeling hub does not appear to work.

[Ian Johnson]

I have an S Reg Vitara I am having problems with. When I move the manually operated free wheeling hubs from Free to Lock. The passenger side operates as it should. The drivers side does not. I hear a clicking noise coming from the hub and it will not lock the hub. I have removed the original free wheeling hubs and replaced them with new free wheeling hubs and I am still having the same problem on the drivers side. Can anyone suggest what the problem is.

Any help you can give will be gratefully appreciated.

Ian J

[Anton]

I would suspect that the splines on the end of the halfshaft are shot.

Take the fwh off and take a photo of the splines, maybe donkeychomp or one of the other Vit fellas will be able to tell you if that's the problem.

[Rhinoman]

Are they the all black hubs with 'Made in US' cast into them? if so then there is a plastic cam inside them that often breaks.

[Ian Johnson]

Thank you Anton.
I will have a look at the splines on the half shaft to see if they are worn.

[Ian Johnson]

Thank you Rhinoman.

I will have a look to see if made in the USA is cast into the casing. I believe the hubs are original Suzuki Type A manual hubs.