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Your cart is empty.Knee deep in mud with a failed automatic hub and a disabled vehicle, the only way to repair it is to replace it. The question is, with what? Factory automatic hubs have a history of failing when you need them most. A damaged hub will render your 4x4 useless and leave you stranded. Wish you could swap your venerable automatic hubs to a set of manual locking hubs? Rugged Ridge has heard your plea. Rugged Ridge Manual Locking Hubs are unanimously recognized as the world's toughest hubs by our thousands of satisfied customers worldwide. Brute strength matters, that is why the bodies of our hubs are crafted from impact resistant nodular iron, and feature a corrosion resistant die cast aluminum cap. Our hubs deliver better 4WD performance when locked and improved fuel economy in 2WD when unlocked, than automatic hubs. Purchasing a set a premium manual hubs is more cost effective than servicing hubs is more cost effective than servicing your worn factory hubs. With the money you save you'll be able to carry a spare set, not that you'll need them. Sure you have to get out of the cab to lock the hubs, but unlike automatic hubs you won't have to wait until you lose traction for your four-wheel drive to engage.
rmorris
2025-09-04 18:52:35
Get rid of your auto-locking hubs ! Installation is simple, though you will need a spindle lock nut socket. This kit comes with new spindle nuts and washers however, so everything is there in the box ready to go.The free/lock switch engages nicely when you turn it, and they've been reliable this winter. In bad weather, simply lock your hubs in advance and off you go. You shouldn't run your truck in 4x4 unless the ground is slippery (mud, snow, loose gravel, etc), but you can run with the hubs locked and the 4x4 dis-engaged with no problems, and then just press the 4x4 button and the transfer case will engage the front driveshaft.Strongly recommend this as an upgrade to anyone running the original auto-locking hubs, especially if yours are making any sort of clicking, clacking, or grinding sounds when they engage.
zack t
2025-07-31 11:55:57
Hubs work great. The locking washer uses a different method for locking in place than stock it apparently it doesn't work as well. My locking washer began to spin around the axle, gouging the axle threads and ruining the lock washer when I was tightening the outer axle nut. Had to run to the junkyard and find another set of locking hubs with the same washer setup and carefully tightened the outer nut.Also, the hubs get significantly hotter than the stock auto hubs. This is after checking the bearing preload 3 different times. Not sure if this will lead to premature failure or not but just something to note.
Anthony Boldt
2025-05-17 14:51:43
No more grinding hubs. I recommend these manual locking hubs to anyone who has failing automatic hubs. Just lock the hubs when you know you might need them, it's nice to know they will work when you engage the four wheel drive! When you don't need them, just put them in "free". They work great, and no more automatic hub headaches.
Customer
2025-04-22 12:49:00
Perfect fit for my 94 ford ranger. Highly recommend these hubs.
Ranger
2025-04-01 13:40:25
These hubs were a great deal for the price. Seem to be decent quality, I have no complaints. There better than factory auto hubs.
Will Wright
2025-03-30 14:53:49
The "instructions" are a complete joke, just throw them away as soon as you open the packaging because they are useless. After installation I went for a test drive but didn't make it more than 300 yards before the end cap came off and rolled down the street...going 5mph. There is no way to secure said cap from falling off over and over, maybe its a twist lock...no....maybe it needs to be tapped into place and lock in...no. What kind of garbage product are you guys selling, where is the quality control?! PEOPLE SHOPPING FOR MANUAL HUBS: SPEND THE LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AND GET WARN!!!!
Anonymously
2025-02-26 10:22:21
Easy bolt on, perfect fit, worded as described!
Dustin Dettmann
2025-02-05 18:57:47
Easy install. Hub just said bye bye on the first off roading trip. Was going pretty hard tho
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