JL Wrangler! Discuss!

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by Sir Sam

I agree hubs would be better, it must be a cost issue that CAD does enough that complex hub system that can hold up to the abuse cannot compete with.

And you know there is no way in hell that they would sell a vehicle with manual locking hubs these days.

i don't know ... i feel like the auto-locking hubs would be fine, and give the aftermarket the chance to simply drop in manual locking. better all around.

[Sir Sam]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

i don't know ... i feel like the auto-locking hubs would be fine, and give the aftermarket the chance to simply drop in manual locking. better all around.

Ya but from the engineering side that would probably add a huge cost to get the reliability to what the CAD system has.

Imagine if you had TWO electronic lockers in each hub that wore out every 100k miles. I'm pretty sure it would be one of those notorious failure items that go down in automotive history like the Chevy Diesel, or rusted toyota Dana frame.

[nblehm]

Originally Posted by Sir Sam

Ya but from the engineering side that would probably add a huge cost to get the reliability to what the CAD system has.

Imagine if you had TWO electronic lockers in each hub that wore out every 100k miles. I'm pretty sure it would be one of those notorious failure items that go down in automotive history like the Chevy Diesel, or rusted toyota Dana frame.

Plenty of cars came with mechanical auto locking hubs.