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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:28 PM
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i was thinking about getting locking hubs so i could lock my front end ,now i know their are kits u can get for about 150 bucks ,now do u have to do any mods to it ,or just bolt in the kit and go ,is this worth doing cuz my Jeeps my dd
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:30 PM
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Do you mean a locker for the front diff?
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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uhh... A locking hub kit is more like 1500.
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee oh Dee
Do you mean a locker for the front diff?
no manual locking hubs ,so u can un lock the hubs and the wheels will spin free
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by 89Laredo
uhh... A locking hub kit is more like 1500.
ohh must of been looking at the wrong kits
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:46 PM
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To put locking hubs on a D30 you need to use a full kit that changes the hub bearings to serviceable bearings. You can not just throw locking hubs on it like other axles.

http://www.google.com/search?q=D30+l...w=1366&bih=665
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 09:53 PM
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They're actually Ford Ranger/Explorer hubs used in the swap, they're rather weak and you will gain nothing by doing the swap.
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Old Nov 28, 2011 | 10:10 PM
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yeah its not really worth it to do the swap.
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