M1009 mis-assembled lockouts

[2deuce]

I took out the screws holding it on and the spring was on the wrong side of the sliding gear. The hubs were locked all the time no matter which way the selector was turned. Now I'm not sure the gear was on the right way either. Can anybody tell me which way it goes.

Thanks

 

[nap159]

my hubs were all screwed up also. apparently the military has a lot of time to replace parts regardless of how things should go together. the spring should hold the locking collar out. when the hubs are locked the spring should compress the sliding collar onto the spine of the axle.

 

[4x4 Forever]

Take it apart and redo it. No telling what else is 'not right'.

 

[2deuce]

The spring was assembled wrong, so the collar could have been too. I'm unsure how the collar should go on. The collar is built with a space on the I.D. should that space be in or out?

Thanks

 

[goldneagle]

Pictures would help a lot!

 

[2deuce]

I figured out that the collar was on backwards also. That is in addition to having the spring on wrong so that the front axle was always locked no matter how the selector was turned on the hub. Both sides were the same. This truck came from GL, this was done by the military. It would be very easy to assume that when you turn your hubs to free they are freewheeling. That may not be the case, they obviously wanted this truck always in 4WD. If your mileage seems down it probably would be good to check out your front hubs. They could be in full-time lock like mine. I think I have a wheel bearing going out too. I have to dig deeper.