safe to drive my obs w/ the hubs locked?

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
So on your SD hubs it doesn't read "automatic" in one position, then manual in the next? Hmmmm.. We must be driving different trucks.

Oh some loser bobby said I'm wrong? Well dang gee golly I guess I cannot argue such irrefutable knowledge.

The hubs are not electronicly controlled.....

Go use Google and you'll find out. Lol

Sent from the left lane with the hammer down...

85_305 · Dec 23, 2012

Vacuum actuated is NOT the same as being electronically controlled. What actuates the vacuum system? Jesus Juice? No an electronic system detects wheel slippage when then actuates the vacuum hubs.

Regardless, super dutys hubs are NOT engaged all the time.

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
Vacuum actuated is NOT the same as being electronically controlled. What actuates the vacuum system? Jesus Juice? No an electronic system detects wheel slippage when then actuates the vacuum hubs.

Regardless, super dutys hubs are NOT engaged all the time.

Youre still wrong...... Lol

In my sd if the wheel slips.... Nothing happens until I turn the dial and put it into 4wd. At that point the vacuum pump locks the hubs.

Face it you're wrong.

Sent from the left lane with the hammer down...

85_305 · Dec 23, 2012

Well that's YOUR truck. MY super duty and all my friends, it says "automatic" on the selector. When the truck slips, it locks the hubs. Just like the expedition my parents had (except they had auto hubs, no manual backup). If your truck detects nough slippage, its supposed to engage 4wheel. Is it the most effective? No. That's why they have the manual hub option for backup incase your vacuum actuators fail, or you KNOW you'll need 4bi.

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
Well that's YOUR truck. MY super duty and all my friends, it says "automatic" on the selector. When the truck slips, it locks the hubs. Just like the expedition my parents had (except they had auto hubs, no manual backup). If your truck detects nough slippage, its supposed to engage 4wheel. Is it the most effective? No. That's why they have the manual hub option for backup incase your vacuum actuators fail, or you KNOW you'll need 4bi.

Lol you're still wrong....

My truck and many other superdutys do NOT have that. on the hubs on my truck is says lock or auto..... Auto meaning that they will automatically lock once I put it in 4wd.

Shall I go take a pic of the selector for 4wd?

Sent from the left lane with the hammer down...

STROKIN N STYLE · Dec 23, 2012

Your statement of the SD is still incorrect. The hub does not lock electronically. It never has. A vaccum system is not an electronic actuator....

onebad7.3 · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
Well that's YOUR truck. MY super duty and all my friends, it says "automatic" on the selector. When the truck slips, it locks the hubs. Just like the expedition my parents had (except they had auto hubs, no manual backup). If your truck detects nough slippage, its supposed to engage 4wheel. Is it the most effective? No. That's why they have the manual hub option for backup incase your vacuum actuators fail, or you KNOW you'll need 4bi.

Major fail

Petro · Dec 23, 2012

How can one person be filled with so much bullsh it?

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

Petro said:
How can one person be filled with so much bullsh it?

Prolly has a buttplug so he cant ****......

Petro · Dec 23, 2012

Bobby@cp said:
Prolly has a buttplug so he cant ****......

It must be awfully backed up then, must have brown eyes also.

jngreen · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
Well that's YOUR truck. MY super duty and all my friends, it says "automatic" on the selector. When the truck slips, it locks the hubs. Just like the expedition my parents had (except they had auto hubs, no manual backup). If your truck detects nough slippage, its supposed to engage 4wheel. Is it the most effective? No. That's why they have the manual hub option for backup incase your vacuum actuators fail, or you KNOW you'll need 4bi.

The auto function on your hubs means that they will automatically engage or lock in when you select 4x4 high or low on the switch on the dash. The hubs will stay locked in as long as your switch remains in the 4x4 position. The hubs do not detect slippage to engage, they use vacuum from a pump to mechanically lock the hubs. This is how all superduties work.

Edit: this is how all superduties are designed to work. My truck currently has some bad vacuum lines so the hubs will not work in the auto position.

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

jngreen said:
The auto function on your hubs means that they will automatically engage or lock in when you select 4x4 high or low on the switch on the dash. The hubs will stay locked in as long as your switch remains in the 4x4 position. The hubs do not detect slippage to engage, they use vacuum from a pump to mechanically lock the hubs. This is how all superduties work.

Edit: this is how all superduties are designed to work. My truck currently has some bad vacuum lines so the hubs will not work in the auto position.

He will still say something to make it look like he's right LOL

jngreen · Dec 23, 2012

Bobby@cp said:
He will still say something to make it look like he's right LOL

He can try, but I wanted accurate info posted because this is still in the tech section. Granted its in the wrong tech section, but it hasn't been moved to awol yet.

jngreen · Dec 23, 2012

I'm confused, why are we explaining superduty hubs when the original question is about obs hubs? The hubs function differently from one body style to the next.

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

jngreen said:
I'm confused, why are we explaining superduty hubs when the original question is about obs hubs? The hubs function differently from one body style to the next.

Read below LOL After that we tried to explain to him how he was wrong....

85_305 said:
^ that's very true Cat.. But don't they also have electronically locking hubs like the super dutys? In which case, they aren't locked until the vehicle detects slippage or the driver puts it into 4wheel right?

UnrepentantSinner · Dec 23, 2012

85_305 said:
Well that's YOUR truck. MY super duty and all my friends, it says "automatic" on the selector. When the truck slips, it locks the hubs. Just like the expedition my parents had (except they had auto hubs, no manual backup). If your truck detects nough slippage, its supposed to engage 4wheel. Is it the most effective? No. That's why they have the manual hub option for backup incase your vacuum actuators fail, or you KNOW you'll need 4bi.

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!

jngreen · Dec 23, 2012

Bobby@cp said:
Read below LOL After that we tried to explain to him how he was wrong....

Lol, ok. Now I see.

So what really engages the things anyway? Is it electricity, vacuum actuators, slippage detectors, or some kind of voodoo magic. Maybe I need to perform some sort of exorcism on my truck to make my hubs work again. Nah, I still have manual mode.

Bobby@cp · Dec 23, 2012

jngreen said:
Lol, ok. Now I see.

So what really engages the things anyway? Is it electricity, vacuum actuators, slippage detectors, or some kind of voodoo magic. Maybe I need to perform some sort of exorcism on my truck to make my hubs work again. Nah, I still have manual mode.

Whichcraft.....