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civicnar · 02-19-2009, 08:48 AM

Before everyone says don't waste your time, that it is worthless to research. I am simply looking for some tech on these. I have seen them on some of the Prados etc.. I would love to find some good picks, a parts break down, possibly a cutaway etc... I have found an exploded view in an FSM but that is all that I can find. If anyone has a good explanation/description of these, I would greatly appreciate being pointed in that direction. Thank You!

Stupid frnch jackasS · 02-19-2009, 11:00 AM

The knuckle and splindle are specific with wires going through the spindle, the spindle has two copper tracks for the hub brushes riding on the back side, the hub incorporates a tiny electric motor that rotates the gear on lockout taking care of turning the internal engagement dial. They could be handy but in the real world they suck reliabilitywise. Search on offroadexpress.co.nz Clintnz has a writeup or at least some pics on how he converted those to manual actuation IIRC.
HTH

civicnar · 02-20-2009, 07:19 AM

Thank you for the reply! I did find his post but there was not much detail on th eunit itself but it has opened other paths for me to pursue. Thanks again!

orangefj45 · 02-20-2009, 06:20 PM

i know that john barron at radd cruisers up in BC canada sells a conversion kit for them. you might want to contact him.

civicnar · 02-20-2009, 06:27 PM

Awesome! I will shoot him an e-mail. I am trying to see exactly how these work to see if the design can be improved and possibly applicable to other things. Thank you all!

Radd Cruisers · 02-21-2009, 10:35 AM

Thanks George, we do have a swack of adapters for manual hubs, second run on these was very precise and install is easy.

Rob

02-19-2009, 08:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
civicnar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Member # 78470 Posts: 150	Electric Locking Hub Before everyone says don't waste your time, that it is worthless to research. I am simply looking for some tech on these. I have seen them on some of the Prados etc.. I would love to find some good picks, a parts break down, possibly a cutaway etc... I have found an exploded view in an FSM but that is all that I can find. If anyone has a good explanation/description of these, I would greatly appreciate being pointed in that direction. Thank You!

02-19-2009, 11:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stupid frnch jackasS Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Member # 10010 Location: in your sisters ass Posts: 1,891	The knuckle and splindle are specific with wires going through the spindle, the spindle has two copper tracks for the hub brushes riding on the back side, the hub incorporates a tiny electric motor that rotates the gear on lockout taking care of turning the internal engagement dial. They could be handy but in the real world they suck reliabilitywise. Search on offroadexpress.co.nz Clintnz has a writeup or at least some pics on how he converted those to manual actuation IIRC. HTH __________________ '71MS75 '73DW15 '75BJ40 '79FJ55 '84BJ45 '88LN65 '90HDJ80 '92LN85 '98CE110

02-20-2009, 06:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
orangefj45 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Member # 6816 Location: Fawk if I know Posts: 15,276	i know that john barron at radd cruisers up in BC canada sells a conversion kit for them. you might want to contact him. __________________ Maybe you outta stick to legos!

02-21-2009, 10:35 AM	#6 (permalink)
Radd Cruisers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Member # 14670 Location: Nanaimo BC(Island) Posts: 1,107	Thanks George, we do have a swack of adapters for manual hubs, second run on these was very precise and install is easy. Rob __________________ Ride it like you stole it.

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02-20-2009, 07:19 AM	#3 (permalink)
civicnar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Member # 78470 Posts: 150	Thank you for the reply! I did find his post but there was not much detail on th eunit itself but it has opened other paths for me to pursue. Thanks again!

02-20-2009, 06:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
civicnar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Member # 78470 Posts: 150	Awesome! I will shoot him an e-mail. I am trying to see exactly how these work to see if the design can be improved and possibly applicable to other things. Thank you all!