Ford 4 Wheel Drive Question
All, I am in the market for a Ford F-250 SD. I am coming across a lot of them with the 4WD stick on the floor vs. on the dash with a dial. Aside from it being the "old school" look, is there any pr...
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Ductape wrote:
There is more misinformation on this thread than you can know.
Fords with auto hubs use vacuum to unlock. A broken hose will lock the hubs.
Knob on the dash you have auto hubs vacuum operated for sure.
Lever on the floor may have manual hubs, may have auto vacuum hubs, depending on year and options installed.
^This.
And basically the "locking hubs" that are on every truck with auto locking hubs are for bling. Took a while to understand. I think Ford glommed onto the "built ford tough" look and has basically made an unnneded feature a selling point. Although when the auto locker c raps out which is known to happen (who uses vacuum operated anything anymore? Lol) the bling lockers will still work
Kind of like the ding dongs that are still installing locking hubs on the newer Rams with the center axle disconnect. A lot of $ to keep 2 u joints from turning!
