because there a horrable desing. that happend to my 2000 sportage. dont buy new hubs from Kia go to worn.com and buy a pair of manuall locking hubs they will run you about 170 bucks. but well worth it.
You cannot do it. The anti lock brakes get their coding information from the hubs. So, if you reverse them your anti-lock brake light will keep coming on. Just get the hubs from Autozone and do it correctly.
2001 kia sportage will not lock into four wheel say it in four wheel drive but front wheels dont pull or lock in
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.
If you have lock outs or free spinning front hubs, you turn the center of each front hub to lock them in. If you don't have lock outs, they lock in when you put it in four wheel drive. To unlock them, take it out of four wheel and slowly back up 3 to 5 feet.
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
the hubs are bad buy new ones i had the same problem
It is Shift on the Fly but it has manual hubs. So you can put in it 4x4 in the cab but would have to get out to engage the hubs. So what i do is when i think i am going to need the 4x4 i lock the hubs before hand. Having the hubs unlocked reduces ware on the front drive tran and betters the MPG
If it doesn't have manually locking hubs on the front wheels, It means it's a "constantly" locked front 4x4. You don't have to lock them, they already are.
LOCK THE HUBS........
Although you have a manual shift on the transfer case the hubs lock in on vacuum. Chances are you have bad vacuum lines going to the hubs (about $150+ at a Kia dealer or $40 at your local service station). If not the lines, it will be the seals in the hubs.
Lock out hubs release a tensioned spring that holds a splined gear over the outter end of the front drive axle. These cogs are splined to the axle on their inside,and geared to the hubs on their outside perimeter , making the connection between the two when locked in. These are located on each outter axle end ,in the hubs, at the center of the front wheels. When unlocked the front axles and front driveshaft are no longer forced to turn with the tire.
The child safety window lock-out switch is on.