LandonRobinson
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- McMinnville Oregon
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.3
- Transmission
- Manual
96 Ranger XL 2.3; manual transmission; 108" wheel base.
I just bought this truck back in June and this is my first time owning a 4x4 vehicle, so I'm not exactly sure what to expect...
Today I was taking off the wheels to see how the brake pads were doing and as soon as I pulled the wheel off I was staring at the end of the splined drive shaft which I was not expecting.
So my first question is... is something supposed to be holding the locking hub assembly to the axle housing or are the lug nuts for the wheel all that hold it on?
While I had it off I took a look a look inside and there is grease all over the place which at first I thought was normal until I read this: http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/HubDiagnosis.shtml and apparently I need to clean all the grease out.
The second problem is that when I moved the outside knob from FREE to LOCKED nothing inside either hub assembly appeared to move at all, so my second question is should I have seen anything move at all or is that just the way that it works?
I just bought this truck back in June and this is my first time owning a 4x4 vehicle, so I'm not exactly sure what to expect...
Today I was taking off the wheels to see how the brake pads were doing and as soon as I pulled the wheel off I was staring at the end of the splined drive shaft which I was not expecting.
So my first question is... is something supposed to be holding the locking hub assembly to the axle housing or are the lug nuts for the wheel all that hold it on?
While I had it off I took a look a look inside and there is grease all over the place which at first I thought was normal until I read this: http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/HubDiagnosis.shtml and apparently I need to clean all the grease out.
The second problem is that when I moved the outside knob from FREE to LOCKED nothing inside either hub assembly appeared to move at all, so my second question is should I have seen anything move at all or is that just the way that it works?
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