4x4 hubs will have oil.2 wheel drive will have grease
No, the front hubs are sealed units on a Grand Cherokee.
#1 Internail locking hub may be frozen in place with rust or thick grease. #2 May have a problem with transfer case.
If the hubs are stuck in the lock position you will have to remove them and try to clean them and put fresh grease in them check the springs make shure they are not broken or tenson is gone out of them best idea is to swap them for warn manual hubs as the auto hubs are known for not working properly, i changed mine over to the warn manual locking hubs you can get the kits off e-bay
Wheel bearings on 1995 Geo Prizms are sealed units and cannot be repacked with grease. You must buy new bearings to be pressed on hubs by mechanic with proper tools. If bearings are worn, replace ASAP before bearings start damaging hubs, you'll save bunches of money.
Most front wheel drive bearing hubs can not be greased. --thats ridiculous, your wheel bearing HAS to be greased. you either buy it in a package pre-greased or you BETTER do it yourself ! especially front wheel drive. replacing a wheel bearing is a CHORE, why do it twice becasue you didn't grease it when you fixed it ?
Manual front locking hubs leak diff oil, maybe grease, that gets spat out around the ouside of the rim while driving. Have tightened screws and refilled grease. Also the same hub makes a large clicking sound when under pressure in deep sand. Please help
the truck has hubs. 4x4 front wheel bearings are not serviceable.
The bearings of a 1984 Mallard travel trailer can be greased by jacking up the trailer and removing the wheel hubs to access the wheel bearings. Pack the bearings with the proper grease and replace the wheel hubs and tires.
If 4-wheel drive is not needed, you should unlock the front hubs. Yes, the hubs remain locked even if your front transfer case is not set to 4-wheel drive, and this can be very hard on both the hubs and transfer case.
The hubs lock the axel to the hub, which drives the wheel. With the transfer case in 2WD, the rear driveshaft drives the rear wheels. Without front hubs, in 2WD, as the front tires roll, they spin the axles and the front driveshaft. With lock out hubs, in 2WD and the hubs unlocked only the tires spin. However, in 4WD if you forget to lock the hubs, only the driveshafts and axles spin. When I lived in MI, in the winter I always kept my hubs "locked", this way I could shift into 4WD whenever I needed to without getting out in the cold to "lock" the hubs.
Yes