Ford F series super duty complete manual lock hub dissasembly

This is a manual lock hub on a 2004 F-550, most are the same for the super duty series, this one covers removing everything down to the center cap in order to free up a damaged mechanism. There was a rock ding on the outer edge that needed to be polished out. Lube everything with a light weight low temperature lube if you run in sub-freezing environments. Parts need to move freely and super sticky grease can stop the whole works. I'm told this hub is made by Warn but I can't verify that yet, its pretty simple in operation and maintenance is very easy. I could not find a reference to this anyplace so decided to dive in and make it happen. Hub works much better now and I didn't break it. I did make a note of the tight spots, polished aluminum areas and worked them down with a stone in the drill press until everything moves with a minimum of effort. The square o-ring oh mine was located with the V facing inward but I changed that to outward, I'd rather have grease sneak out than water sneak in.

Another Video from Josip Marinic showing an auto locker dismantle,
   • SuperDuty Auto Hub lock selector swit...  

Looks like it needs a prod and then re-seal the silver venting strip.