MWM seeking locking hub info

[Nazrat]

I swapped on some Aisin manual hubs. I have a 1999 with 16" wheels. The center caps from 95 Trooper wheels with hub cutouts fit fine and look stock. The hubs come stock on 88-91 4cyl auto Troopers and on 89-94 Amigos.

I've hit the TOD button while unlocked by mistake once. It didn't do any more harm than running in a normal 4x4 with the hubs unlocked and the front axle in 4-high.

I haven't done any kind of conclusive mileage test. Best I can say is 1mpg seems right, but there could have been other factors. If I had time to spend an afternoon messing around on the same stretch of road I'd have a better answer for you.

In any kind of wet weather I have them locked though. It's easy to get a bit too much throttle and end up spinning the rear tires, which isn't much fun on the corners.

-Tad

[SPAZZ]

The VX comes stock with "LOCKED ALL THE TIME HUBS"...not Auto hubs, but "LOCKED ALL THE TIME". So, disengaging the hub doesn't make it spin all the time... it just allows the TOD not to send power to the front axle and unlock the hub so it doesn't spin all the time.

You want the TOD on/off switch so your TOD clutch solenoid doesn't burn out if you are in a situation that requires the sensors to attempt to engage the TOD repetitiously. Trust me a T-case is not fun to replace, time consuming and very tedious.