Hubs locked in

Our OKA had 330,000km as a tour bus before we bought it.
It did not have free wheeling hubs.
I subsequently did a fuel check after I fitted some with them in and out and could not tell the difference.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Used to work on a farm, new vehicles had hubs in from day one....no problem.
Cheers

Hi Brian,

Tyre wear is probably the only issue with keeping the front hubs locked in. Mechanics will tell you to run with the front hubs locked in every so often to ensure everything is well lubricated.

Macca.

I fitted some to my fj40 and never noticed any difference to fuel economy. never had any tyre damage caused by them. pain in the butt on cold wet nights when you had to turn them out for driving on bitumen I sometimes got wet. lol

good to do every now and then. otherwise the bits inside sit there and go rusty :/

.My prado, constant all wheel drives doesn't have hubs, it does have a centre diff though.

Keeping hubs locked in a part time 4 wheel drive all the time is not necessarily a bad idea as too late locking then after your stuck. As long as you haven't got a diff locker engaged too on tarmac won't be a problem.

BJ

You can leave them in for as long as you want, just don’t whack into 4WD on the bitumen.

Regards

TrevorDavid

Brian :The free wheeling hubs just disconnect the Driveline through the diff back to the transfer case and is not under any pressure at all to you engage four-wheel drive and would be unlikely in a 60 series that you would even notice any fuel consumption difference .the main advantage of free wheeling hubs that it would save wear and tear on that particular part of the Driveline from hubs to transfer case .

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