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auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:27 pm
by bobjs
Hi Guys

I had a set of free wheeling hubs on my 20l diest vit and when i siold it i took them off and fitted them to my 1.6 petrol auto,

all i did was remove them from one to the other and since then it seems that my little 1.6 petrol will not go into 4 wd.

i have changed them over off side to near side etc and still the same.

select 4 wd and move forward nothing happens to the front wheels all the drive is still on the back, no clicking as if they where trying to engage etc.

i did no prep the the car at all just removed and fitted the auto hubs to my 1.6 and placed the ones on it onto the old diesel etc.

can you help.

bob.

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:01 pm
by ROBBIE
Auto hubs they are normally air or electric activation so wont lock if this isn't connected

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:54 pm
by ScottieJ
Some are just mechanical I think robbie.

Personally I'd just bin them and gets some manual ones, automatic ones always seem to fail when you need them most!

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:33 pm
by ROBBIE
ScottieJ wrote:Some are just mechanical I think robbie.

Personally I'd just bin them and gets some manual ones, automatic ones always seem to fail when you need them most!
Ive only seen the air on jimnys where the air lines split and electric on a vit but yeah i would chuck them

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:58 pm
by bobjs
i had these on my 2lt diesel and they worked fine, just wanted to ask did i need to do anything to the hubs before i attached them,

like: remove a circlip or something, as all i did was remove them from the diesel and fitted them onto the petrol vit ??

bob.

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:18 pm
by ROBBIE
When you removed them did you have to do anything special or did you just unbolt them?

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:36 pm
by bobjs
Hi Robbie

nothing special bud,

just unbolt then place on the other truck,

the diesel had failed its mot on loads of stuff so i was taking off what i wanted to keep for the wee petrol boy.

thank you

bob.

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:41 pm
by ROBBIE
After a bit of a search i found this http://www.suzuki-forums.com/suzuki-sid ... moval.html not the greatest amount of info but might be of some help

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:56 pm
by bobjs
cheers robbie

ill have to leave them for now as i will need to strip them down and have a look, i think they are not fixed sides ( ie: one HAS to go on the left and the other on the right etc) but im out of work just now and will have to keep them on there until i have time to have a look,

thank you

bob.

Re: auto free wheeling hubs ???????????????????

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 1:36 pm
by Darrell
You've been fighting with those for months :D
Found a workshop manual since I last posted up some info on "Difflock".
Robbed the auto hub section :thumbup: