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Oct 20, 2007

kyledm18

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4wd not working

my vaccum locking hubs arent working in my 98 ranger anyone have any ideas to fix them before winter

i dont have th money for manual locking hubs

Oct 20, 2007

99ranger4x4

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theres a mod to permanently lock in the PHV hubs
https://www.ranger-forums.com/forum2...ead.php?t=9211

i did it to mine before i got manual hubs
hell one of my hubs is like that and the other is a manual one currently lol

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oh and make sure u plug up the vacuum lines or the t-case wont stay engaged.. at least thats what i think my problem was

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kyledm18

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iont know much on the PHV hubs but is that ok for a daily driver on and off highway

Oct 20, 2007

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yea, it just means the cv shafts and front drive shaft are always going to be spinning..

basically what its doing is making it a live axle like 01(00?)+