I have a 1994 toyota pickup witch is 4wheel drive! I have new brakes and rotors put on about a month ago and this last weekend I tryed to lock my hubs in and both sides will go about half way and just stop! Not even coming close to lock! Do any of you guys know if they had to pull the hubs apart in order to work on the breaks?

 

Yes they did, and what they did was put the hubs in backwards. It happened to me about a month ago when I did front brakes on my '92.

Take it back to whoever did the brakes and tell them the hubs are in backwards, they can go in two different ways, the right way and the wrong way. They should have been marked when they got taken out.

Unless you want to pull them and put them in the right way yourself, it's not that hard.

I'd do it or get it done sooner rather than later, because you are probably spinning your CV's all the time now, even in 2WD. Your 4WD will probably still work because the hubs are basically stuck in the Lock position.

Do a Search on here, you will probably find my post from when it happend to me. A couple of guys explained how to put them in the right way. Mine came apart in pieces when I took them out, springs fell out and everything.

 

ok thanks man

 

MMCPEC is right, i did the same thing with mine, Learning how to do them yourself could help alot down the road if money is tight. I know that feelin lol
But if you paid to have the service done and they didn't do it right, i would go back and get my moneys worth.

 

yeah true that! I have worked (for my Dad) in a drive train shop when I was younger! So I have the ability to do it! Just had these guys at a tire shop put breaks on! You would think that a good shop would make sure everthing worked right before they let the rig go! But who knows! Will be talking to them here soon! See what they can do for me!

 

Hubs not aligned in the proper gear slots. Take off and move them to correct spot. You don't ahve to take the whole entire thing off just the front cover.

 

Took the truck in this weekend to the shop that put the breaks on and told them that I was 90% sure they went back together wrong! Sure thing they did! Fixed for free and back on the road!

 

not to thread jack here.. but when I was replacing a cv, I had to pull the clutch off, and I dropped it.. both springs immediately uncoiled and flew across the driveway.. overwhelming, but after many curse words, my haynes manual set me straight.. Having NO experience rebuilding the free/spin clutch, I had it put together in 5 mins..