How To: Hub Flip

[mikew]

If you want to see the steps involved in flipping hubs;

I flipped the hubs on a truck yesterday and finished-up the "How To: Hub Flip" page on my website:

Hub Flip

Enjoy!

 

[peecook]

nice work

 

[Speddmon]

nice instructional presentation!!!

I don't intend to flip mine, but if I ever did I would certainly appreciate having this available to me...good work

 

[4x4 Forever]

nice instructional presentation!!!

I don't intend to flip mine, but if I ever did I would certainly appreciate having this available to me...good work

Many Thanks!!

 

[clinto]

Outstanding. I mean, that really breaks it down. I think we could link new guys to this who had seal questions as well.

Thanks!

 

[Ridgerunner]

mike,

Nice job, I'll be doing a hub flip this week.
I would add one thing though, that would come in handy when doing the flip. It would be nice to have the proper wheel bearing torque in there as well, to make it complete.



Install inner nut while turing hub & drum to 50 foot lbs. Back off 1/8 to 1/4 turn. Install lock washer and then outer nut. Torque outer nut 100 to 150 foot lbs. Safety the nuts by bending the tabs on the lock washer.

Torque for the axle shafts and drive flanges are 90 foot lbs.

 

[kennys@wi.rr.com]

Do you have any pictures of the seals and the seal placement you were talking about in the instructional?

 

[USAFSS-ColdWarrior]

Great how-to !
This would be a good format upon which to standardize future How-To's as well.
Thanks!

 

[ARYankee]

What everyone else has said. Thanks for the contribution. Excellent site too!!!

 

[Boss Doug]

 

[jrou111]

This is great! I recently added 395 XML's and need to flip the hubs. Thank you for the visual step x step!

 

[waayfast]

Very,Very well done!! Thanks for the post! I second the motion for this to be the "standard format" for how to's.

Jim

 

[mikew]

It would be nice to have the proper wheel bearing torque in there as well, to make it complete.

Great idea!

It's been added!

 

[hklvette]

to replace the inner seal, does one simply need to remove the inner bearing to reach it? One of my hubs is leaking, and I intend on rebuilding it, so this will be a GREAT help!

 

[mikew]

Yep!

Picture #14 shows the inner bearing on the axle tube, the seal is right behind the bearing. Just pull the bearing off the tube to get to the seal.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I didn't see you mention the safety wire. Did you put it back in when you put the drum on the hub? Not being critical, just wondering what everyone has been doing.

 

[mikew]

I didn't see you mention the safety wire.

Of the four axels that I've flipped the hubs on, only one had safety wired drum bolts. The other three had "normal" bolts, not drilled for safety wire, they had lock washers instead.

Picture #11 shows the drum bolts before disassembly, and no safety wire.

 

[tuff-truck-guy]

crane truck made some nice how to vids on this i believe as well

 

[Unforgiven]

I am curious, how many extra inches does a hub flip give per wheel, measured from center out?

 

[mikew]

With the stock hub postion, the width measured on the flat part of the hub flange (where the wheel rim mounts) from one side to the other is 69.5"

When you flip the hubs that measurment goes to 79.5"... so it adds 5" per side, 10" total.