HELP!! gm 12 bolt + warn hubs

[roadrash05]

basically ive got a samurai on gm 12 bolts w/ warn standard hubs... im trying to break the hubs down and clean/ service them b/c they are really really dirty on the inside, and i dont think they are engaging properly..PLUS i need to slide the stubby side axle out, this is my first time dealing with manual hubs on an older axle, any info/ links would be great, im going to try and get it put back by tomorrow mornign so i can go wheelin' thanks. and i've tried searching like 5 times, so please dont tell me just to go search.

[outalne94z71]

no such thing as a 12 bolt front, only a dana 44, 10 bolt or a dana 60

what exactly do you need to know about?


do you have the lockouts out of the hub or is that where you are stuck at?

[roadrash05]

not to be an [censored], but the fact that i just said i have 12 bolts f/r tells you what a jackass youre dealing with here, hahaha... there isnt a metal plate telling what kind of axle but i am assuming it is a GM 10 bolt then b/c i have a D44 on my dodge and it doesnt look like it... i took the 6 allen head bolts out and got the actual chrome " lock / free" part off and the retainer c-clip behind it out, but there are these little discs that look like c-clips but aren't behind that... SO i am sorta lost on how to take apart manual hubs/ get the axle out?

[outalne94z71]

there is 1 retaining ring that holds the lockout in the hub and then there is 1 snap ring on the stub shaft .

once those 2 rings are out the lockout should slide right out and expose the hub bearing nuts(2 nuts with a lock ring in between them) which you would need a 4 prong socket to remove

if you are mistaken and they are not warn units but are the spicer ones, there is a spring in there behind the lockout and a plate on the outer wheel bearing to keep that spring from rubbing on it

[roadrash05]

thanks for the info man.

[roadrash05]

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[roadrash05]

dude, ripoff... i guess i cant unpload a pic... anyway, i got the c-clip retainer ring off, how does the snap ring behind it come out? i tried using most of the tools i have and for the life of me that little piece of crap is not wanting to play ball.

[outalne94z71]

the round ring in the hub recess? (yours may be the flat ring version)

[roadrash05]

the little ring is actually on the slipnes of the axle shaft and yea, its kinda recessed back in there.

[roadrash05]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30...1333565697

if this link works, here's what ive got so far.