Care and feeding of Warn M2 Hubs

Jessie at TorqKing 4x4.

 

Just like you have it in the picture. Bevel out. Grease to all. Won't hurt anything.

 

I concur about taking the brass dial apart. There is no way to clean behind it without. My experience is the same and the beveled O-ring needs replacing to keep water and muck out. It's probably cracked in several places. At least every one was that I took apart. But it's up to you.

 

Awesome Mickey thanks!

Does anyone have any advice on re-staking the screw? Is it as simple as center punching the screw head at it’s outside edge where it joins the surrounding metal? Do you dremel a small groove in the screw first?

 

I just restaked the original spot with a slightly bigger punch. If you look close, you can see the deformed aluminum to see that it staked.

 

I know this is an old thread, but excellent info as I just got mine off.

On my removal there wasn’t any snap ring to deal with, not sure if that’s an issue or not. I was able to move them to Free before taking them out. dial was stubborn on one, but didn’t have to use tools on it.

Anyone have any additional or updated tips to share before I look at diving into mine?

 

I used this excellent write up to rebuild my hubs last year, just some thoughts from having done it for the first time:

• Take pictures of everything as you take the hubs apart.
• I had a parts diagram which was helpful for me when putting back together.
• Be very careful with the needle bearings when cleaning them, if you lose any PM me, I have spares.
• x2 on TorqKing for replacement parts. The large diameter square o-rings are not an exact match to the original but close enough.

 

when you reassemble be sure it is indexed properly. I assembled mine and the dial didn’t line up with the “Free” and “Lock” positions so I had to re thread the sliding mechanism 1/4 or 1/2 turn to get the positions correct. Easy fix but also easy to not notice if you aren’t looking at both sides of the hub

 

Yes and when you set the depth of the sliding ring make it so it just barely disengages in the unlock position. That way it has full contact when its locked in.