A visual cheat for your locking hubs

[wallew]

OK, this one is not my idea. I must give cudos to the folks at Classic Mustangs here in Denver. They also sell M1009's, M1008's and M35's as well.

So a tip of the hat to them for this cheat. I loved it. So I did it to mine.

Hope you folks like this one.

Steel Soldiers::Military Vehicles Supersite

 

[Westech]

Most of the cucv's already have that done in White paint. But still a good idea.

 

[wallew]

I've seen the white paint.

But when I saw it in red, it just jumped out at me.

I guess that's why I posted it. Because it was different, being red.

We have a lot of guys in our club with deuces/5 tons that put white stripes on all their lug nuts. That way a visual inspection will show whether or not the lug nuts have loosened since the last time they were tightened and painted with the white stripe.

I do like that idea, but feel it's overkill on a CUCV. I could be wrong though.

 

[papercu]

Red is good if you are a bull fighter or a fire truck. Cranetruck should be along shortly with the PS magazine articles showing the military how-to.
FYI I just leave mine in. Wayne

 

[flewbyu]

My white stripes show free...

 

[m38inmaine]

All the cucv's in service in Maine had that mod, good idea.

 

[airmech3839]

Good show!! Also smart on lug nuts!!! And good for stuff that might work loose on long tows!!

 

[WildWolfman]

I wounder if I should have the stripe on free or lock, not sure.

 

[flewbyu]

I like the free idea, but that's where my hubs are most of the time, and you can still tell at a glance what condition they are in, as long as your memory is accurate!

 

[Pawnshop]

Mine is red on the free position, came that way from the ILL Nat Guard.

 

[flewbyu]

Mine came straight from the West Virginia Nat Guard. White on Free, and only driven on weekends!

 

[wallew]

I painted mine with the red on the 'lock'. Kind of a 'caution you idiot, you are in 4x4'.

And one of my buddies took a pix of one of the deuces with the lug nuts with RED stripes, so go figure when I'll get THAT pix. We did a parade on Memorial Day and he took a pix with his camera phone.

IF he sends it to me, I'll post it.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

Strange....mine are yellow and line up in the free position. Straight from the Army 9th Psych Division at Fort Bragg, NC.

 

[Pawnshop]

Strange....mine are yellow and line up in the free position. Straight from the Army 9th Psych Division at Fort Bragg, NC.

Psych- yellow, different...

 

[SmokeyDod]

Just curious. Do most of you guys leave your front hubs Locked or "free". If you leave them locked most of time you're kinda asking for little trouble with the plastic slides on the shifter forks inside the transfer case to wear out much quicker and when you do put in 4wd shifter could start "jumping" out of 4wd.

 

[motormayhem]

Just curious. Do most of you guys leave your front hubs Locked or "free". If you leave them locked most of time you're kinda asking for little trouble with the plastic slides on the shifter forks inside the transfer case to wear out much quicker and when you do put in 4wd shifter could start "jumping" out of 4wd.

I heard it is good to lock them up at least once a month to keep everything "free" but if your running regular roads it is a MUCH better to leave them unlocked as you get better mileage and the drive train doesn't have to do as much work.

 

[Croatan_Kid]

I always leave mine unlocked when driving around. You can get some strange vibrations from the front end if everything is turning and your front driveshaft is out of balance or if one hub is locked and the other isn't. Plus, it wears stuff out quicker.