Vitara front Hub help

[CopperBottom]

Hey guys

Having a issue with my front left hub on my 94 1.6 8v vitara. I'm looking at replacing the hub but I'm unsure what type I have.... The ones fitted to the Vit at the moment are the same as these



Are these manual locking hubs or free wheeling?

Which type are regarded as the better option?

Cheers

[Vitara Tim]

If you have these on your Vit, you have fixed drive hubs, in other words they are always locked and turning your drive shafts and front diff while your driving along, that can cause more wear and uses more fuel. I have free wheeling hubs on mine.
here's a link to a picture of free wheeling hubs. Hope this helps.

http://www.jimnybits.co.uk/shop/images/ ... %20hubs.JP

[CopperBottom]

Cheers for that

Are the drive shafts interchangeable between the two hubs?

[CopperBottom]

Also? Are there any differences in strength and off road ability between fixed and free wheel hubs?

[Anton]

Standard Vitaras have different length left and right driveshafts unless you have done the anvil mod. If you'd done that, then you wouldn't be asking about driveshafts...

But I think that you meant to ask if freewheeling hubs and fixed drive flange hubs are interchangeable. Answer is yes, if that's what you meant to ask.

When offroading, flanges and freewheeling hubs will act exactly the same (that is to say, they'll both keep your front wheels turning) so there's no difference between them offroad.

Fixed hub flanges are a bit stronger, as there's nothing in there to break. But Aisin freewheeling hubs are fitted to much bigger, heavier trucks (same hub, just different driveshaft spline pattern) like the Toyota Hilux, and rarely do they break on those trucks - so they're more than strong enough for Suzuki trucks.

Just don't try fitting a Hilux hub to a zuk.