Driving without front drive shaft

[joshgoble]

It would be nice if there were aftermarket locking hubs for one..

 

[u2slow]

It would be nice if there were aftermarket locking hubs for one..

Not really. Good quality unit bearings (like Timken) are simple, strong, and last plenty long.

I picked up some Explorer hub stuff from a guy that that was modifying it for a jeep TJ. (He'd given up). I got no further. Pretty small/flimsy mechanism to work with the 5x4.5" pattern.

 

[burntkat]

I'll have to track down a 2wd Liberty to see what the front setup looks like. There has got to be some sort of setup to take the side load.
I honestly didn't realize there was such a thing as a 2wd Liberty.

 

[u2slow]

There has got to be some sort of setup to take the side load.

Or the bearing is simply made differently.

I believe Chevy and Ford also began producing 2wds around '99 that were just using 4wd unit bearings with a tin cover pressed on over the splined center hole.