Locking Hubs Using Ford Parts

CreativeSN · Oct 12, 2006

I was reading in a thread on JU that the Warn and Milemarker locking hub conversions use the same parts as old Bronco II's and Rangers. Supposedly the only custom parts from the kits are the spindles and the center hub. Has anybody heard of this or tried using Ford parts for the conversion? Can you get the spindles and center hubs individually from Warn or MM?

XgeekstarX · Oct 13, 2006

i know at advance we stock the manual hub conversion kit for the rangers/explorers. i wanna say it's around 205 bucks.

CartsXJ · Oct 13, 2006

I am not sure about Warn,but when I called MM for replacement bearings I was told that they don't sell or stock the individual parts. But I did get some bearing numbers that I still need to find cross-over timkin numbers for. THe numbers I got were metric, kinda a pain in the ass. I have always wondered how the front spindle/hub assembly of a 89(I think)-94 ranger compares to the MM/warn kits. I know that the axle shaft is a ranger, lockout is a ranger. Just how different is the spindle and hub?

Oatmeal · Oct 13, 2006

CartsXJ said:
I am not sure about Warn,but when I called MM for replacement bearings I was told that they don't sell or stock the individual parts. But I did get some bearing numbers that I still need to find cross-over timkin numbers for. THe numbers I got were metric, kinda a pain in the ass. I have always wondered how the front spindle/hub assembly of a 89(I think)-94 ranger compares to the MM/warn kits. I know that the axle shaft is a ranger, lockout is a ranger. Just how different is the spindle and hub?

I was wondering about that myself. I wonder if you could modify the Ranger/Explorer spindle to work on the XJ knuckle. Anybody want to do a side by side comparison?...........Hans

CartsXJ · Oct 13, 2006

I would have no problem doing it..........except I am missing that whole ranger sitting in the drive way thing........

CreativeSN · Oct 13, 2006

Ok tomorrow I will call MM and ask if they sell the spindle and adapter hub. That would be pretty badass if I could do this.
The bolt pattern on the Ranger/Bronco II is 5x4.5 right?

CreativeSN · Oct 13, 2006

Does anybody know where I can find a diagram of the stock Ranger/Bronco II hubs with factory part numbers?

Ted_Z · Oct 13, 2006

http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/diagrams/lockinghub.GIF
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/diagrams/as1.GIF
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/diagrams/d28.gif
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/4wd_Front_Axles.html

-Ted Z

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