[jactruck]

Has anyone put manual hubs in there truck?

 

[LUBECAKES]

You can't simply put manual hubs in your Titan.

 

[dubyam]

Well, you could. But you'd have to redesign the front wheel hub assembly and do it in such a way that the axle stub-shaft is supported at the spindle and also so that it would fit an existing set of manual hubs. I guess if you're creating one-off parts for the bearings, you could create your own one-off manual hubs, too. And some wheels with a big enough center section opening to get to the hubs...

I wish we had the option. I suspect it would give back 1-1.2mpg when unlocked just from the lowered rolling resistance.

 

[LUBECAKES]

Well, you could. But you'd have to redesign the front wheel hub assembly and do it in such a way that the axle stub-shaft is supported at the spindle and also so that it would fit an existing set of manual hubs. I guess if you're creating one-off parts for the bearings, you could create your own one-off manual hubs, too. And some wheels with a big enough center section opening to get to the hubs...

I wish we had the option. I suspect it would give back 1-1.2mpg when unlocked just from the lowered rolling resistance.

LOL, yeah. You could also just set a pair of manual hubs in the bed if you want to "put manual hubs on your truck". :big_grin:

It would be a sh!t ton of work, and considering it's independent suspension, may still not be possible without having the wheels sticking way out or using some whacky type of offset wheel.

 

[dubyam]

Technically, it's not too tough. The 1985 and up Toyota pickups had independent suspension and manual hubs. If you built the bearing assembly correctly, it wouldn't stick out a whole lot but would still allow for unlocking and locking.

 

[HRTKD]

LOL, yeah. You could also just set a pair of manual hubs in the bed if you want to "put manual hubs on your truck". :big_grin:

Do you get better traction the further back you place the hubs in the bed? :big_grin:

 

[LUBECAKES]

Nah, I'd rather hook up a toilet paper filter than go through all the trouble of manual hubs.
The existing setup is far more reliable than manual hubs or Ford's vacuum actuated junk.

 

[dubyam]

I'd take manual hubs in a New York minute. I drove all over the southeast with manual hubs most of my life (this is the first 4x4 truck I've had without them) and never had a problem. I'm not a fan of vacuum hubs, for sure, but a good manual works simply and surely, in my experience.