Camaro1976

Just swapped in mile marker hubs instead of the ADD on my 94 pickup. The inner gear on the hubs doesn't sit flush at the end of the axle and the 12mm bolt on the end of the axle isn't long enough to reach down to it. After looking over everything for a while we couldn't find any reason that we needed the bolt. Put it back together without it and it seems to work fine.

Anyone ran into this?

TrikeKid

Did the instructions have anything to say about it?

Can't say I've ever had fit issues with the few things I've put mile markers on, but I will say I grenaded one at IDLE on a Nissan pickup I was wheeling for a while. Coasted into a hole and heard a pop, had no 4wd. Stock manual hubs are the only way to go on Japanese stuff it seems.

93Xtra-Cab

Holy cow! Get rid of those Mile Markers and put a set of factory Aisins on. Mile Markers are literally the worst. Decent winches, but horrible hubs.

Camaro1976

Lifetime warranty and the price was right. I couldn't justify paying $120 for some 20 year old stock hubs.

This conversion kit is only needed for auto hubs right? I had ADD not auto, and I don't see how this would affect the issue I have at all.
http://www.4wheelparts.com/Drivetrai...pn=MIL95-29918

My only concern is if the bolt at the end of the axle serves a purpose. I didn't see one...

angrybob

Ignore - I'm a tard

Just watch the torque on the flange / mounting bolts.

Luvmeye22re

ADD and Auto hubs are in fact different....

http://www.se4rj.com/forum/showthread.php?t=294

You shouldn't need the auto swap kit, and I think if you did it would have become really obvious and your locking hubs wouldn't be on the vehicle as we speak...

I also wonder what exactly that gold bolt does as well. When I swapped my manual hubs in I pulled the bolt out but I don't think I needed to now that I look back. I couldn't see a real purpose for it as there is also a c-clip there etc. holding things together

westjohns yota

he didnt swap aisin hubs, he has auto hubs, if the hubs work fine i wouldnt worry just watching it for a few weeks then re torque everything down, why does everyone talk crap about mile marker? i have a 12k winch, its amazing, and had mile markers on an 87, they were fine.... and when says mile markers suck, id rather have junk manual hubs over auto hubs lol....

waskillywabbit

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The OP has a 94 pickup. It has ADD or manual hubs.
Auto hubs left in 89.

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Camaro1976

the washer on the bolt is just big enough that the ADD cover can't come off without taking the bolt out.

I see auto/add getting thrown around as the same thing once in a while so I wanted to make sure.

TrikeKid

Not being towed out of the woods is worth it to me, but to each their own.

Loctite the hub bolts on the mile markers, they will back out with time even just driving around in 2wd.

waskillywabbit

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20 year old stock hubs are by far better than anything you will buy new. Period.

Aisin Toyota manual hubs are the Toyota Timex.

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Camaro1976

500 miles put on them and no issues. Bolts havent loosened but I'll probably lock-tite them soon. Might put on the bent-tab washers that came with them also.

wyoming9

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maybe if they come from the land of No Salt and liquid brine .

daved5150

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I ordered Mile Markers from Summit Racing when I put the KP Dana 60 SFA into my 96 F250 which was my DD and plow truck (part time job) during winter. They lasted no more than two years...then went with Warns which are still on and fully functional. My opinion of Mile Markers....just utter garbage.

But for the Toyotas, stick with the OEM Aisins. You cannot beat them...very durable. They take a lickin' and keep on tickin'...(sorry, Wabbit...)

Luvmeye22re

I agree. I got my locking hubs from Jims yard for $70 bucks a pair. They were dirty, gritty and very used. I sprayed a little brake cleaner in there, put a VERY VERY light coat of grease in there, put them on and WAh La, perfectly working hubs that turn smoothly. No muss no fuss, they even gave me all the cone washers, the 52mm nuts and the lock rings in the deal (even though my ADD already had all that stuff).