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Knuckle out conversion manual locking hubs

From 1988 Ford Bronco “Beast”, documented by Eric Dreher.

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1988 Ford Bronco - Front shafts, hub and rotors, spindles and Warn Premiums hubs off of a 90 Bronco at the local junkyard. Upgrading to the better manual lock… 1988 Ford Bronco - Grabbed the calipers as well. Looked to be in good shape. 1988 Ford Bronco - Disassembled front-axle parts laid out in a pickup bed: two hub-and-rotor assemblies with splined bores and wheel studs, two spindles, and… 1988 Ford Bronco - The pooch approving of my score at the junkyard. 1988 Ford Bronco - Retail box for Warn Manual Locking Hubs, part number 20990, showing two hub dials marked LOCK and FREE on a red and black package with feat… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of the Warn box end label reading Part Number 20990 with a barcode, described as HUB, FORD, CHEVY, DODGE, JEEP INT, quantity 1, re… 1988 Ford Bronco - Front wheel well of a lifted 4x4 with the inner fender exposed, showing a black coil spring flanked by two shocks with red boots on a solid… 1988 Ford Bronco - Front hub and rusty brake rotor still on the axle with the wheel, caliper and locking hub removed, showing the greasy splined axle stub pro… 1988 Ford Bronco - Close-up of a front hub with the locking hub and caliper removed, showing the grease-packed spindle nut area and splined axle shaft end sur… 1988 Ford Bronco - A front axle knuckle sits stripped bare on an orange jack stand during a suspension teardown, with the hub, rotor and caliper removed and t… 1988 Ford Bronco - Front axle knuckle with the hub and rotor removed, exposing the splined stub axle shaft and wheel-stud flange, with the drilled dust shield… 1988 Ford Bronco - Comparison between the 87-88 long axle shaft and a 90 shaft. The 90 outer shaft is longer. 1988 Ford Bronco - Comparison of passenger side outer axle shaft. 87' on the bottom and 90' on top. 1988 Ford Bronco - More comparisons between driver's side outer axle shafts. 87' on top and 90' on bottom. 1988 Ford Bronco - 87-88 spindle on the left. Upgraded 90' spindle on the right. 1988 Ford Bronco - What a mess... 1988 Ford Bronco - I have an ez locker in the front. I used a valve spring from a Honda. No c-clip involved anymore. 1988 Ford Bronco - Had to shave off about a 1/2 an inch of the spring with the longer axle shafts. 1988 Ford Bronco - Setting up valve spring. 1988 Ford Bronco - A person reaches under the vehicle to work on a greasy driveline component with a ribbed rubber boot and hose clamp, their face partly visi… 1988 Ford Bronco - Tight, blurred underbody shot of a hand reaching through a rectangular access hole in a rusty steel frame rail or crossmember to grip a rou… 1988 Ford Bronco - Front-on view of a white and black Ford truck raised on jack stands with both front wheels off, showing the solid front axle, differential… 1988 Ford Bronco - Head-on view under the front of a truck raised on two yellow jack stands, showing the solid front axle, coil springs, radius arms, steering… 1988 Ford Bronco - Installation of new upgraded hub/spindle and rotor, along with installing Warn Premium Hubs. 1988 Ford Bronco - Front hub and rotor exposed with the wheel removed, showing the shiny machined rotor face, rusty hub, wheel studs, and a locking hub/spindl… 1988 Ford Bronco - Freshly resurfaced front brake rotor mounted on the hub with a Warn Locking Hubs manual hub installed at the center, its dial marked LOCK a… 1988 Ford Bronco - Direct side view of a mounted front wheel back on the truck: an aggressive mud-terrain tire on a silver slotted/vented steel-look wheel wit… 1988 Ford Bronco - Night shot of a lifted two-tone dark-and-white Ford 4x4 with the hood propped open, wheels back on, sitting on a driveway with a black winc…