Freewheel hubs, info please.

Codbasher · Jul 20, 2007

Will try to post a piccy of my hubs tomoz.

BUT I have no means of locking them? Now did a downwards slope off road the other day, Low 4 wheel drive, not touching brakes etc, as i went down slope, rear wheels lost grip, and not holding from the front... very graceful slide to bottom of slope....

Does this mean that the hubs I have on my S3 are only 4wd when driving forwards, such as on an up slope??

Trewey · Jul 20, 2007

Yer probly have to git out and turn the hubs to engage / dis-engage them.

Codbasher · Jul 21, 2007

There lies the problem as I dont have anything to turn on the hubs....

Trewey · Jul 21, 2007

Grab hold of the whole thing and turn it.

Codbasher · Jul 21, 2007

Nothing on the hub turns, hence my need to post piccys, to see if anyone can tell me what sort of hubs they are...

Spyderman · Jul 22, 2007

Codbasher, Were all four wheels sliding?

Codbasher · Jul 22, 2007

Spyderman said:
Codbasher, Were all four wheels sliding?

no, just the rear wheels apparently..

But all four turn when going uphill such as all wheels spin in forwards in the mud..

landyboy · Jul 22, 2007

They sound like the rare automatic ones i hadnt heard about them till i read an article about them in one of the land rover mags last year the guy couldnt get them to work!! Someone on here will know about them,

yella · Jul 22, 2007

undo the bolts, remove them, then chuck em in a skip, they are a waste of feckin time

Codbasher · Jul 22, 2007

yella said:
undo the bolts, remove them, then chuck em in a skip, they are a waste of feckin time

Simple answer, but what do I get to fill in the hole, and how much??

yella · Jul 22, 2007

couple of originals, cost you about a tenner each from a breakers

Codbasher · Jul 22, 2007

I take it they will just bolt straight on then???

Any landrover series? Gimmee more clues.....

yella · Jul 22, 2007

yup, any series , they just bolt in place of the ****ty fwh

clivees · Jul 23, 2007

Take them off and service them / clean them (30 mins per side, easy job)
It should be obvious how they work then.
I think they are worth it because with them dis engaged i can reach 65 and with them in only 56.

blue beasty · Jul 23, 2007

Wasn't a big fan of FWH, in fact slagged em off pretty good here a month or so ago, always just left them engaged cause i hate having to drag myself out my seat.....BUT...dragged a bloody great heavy trailer 3 hours up the motorway and disengaged the hubs in desperation. Gave me about an extra 8-10 mph which meant I could actually get into 4th from time to time!!

I take it all back, FWH are FANTASTIC!

Freewheel hubs, info please.

Codbasher

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