Has anyone put on manual locking hubs? Do you need to swap out the axle?

You would need to do a SFA swap,looking at about $8000-$25,000 to put lockouts on a KJ.

Scratch that idea

Oh it's not that bad,I have $16,000 in parts sitting in my apartment,getting ready for my SFA swap ,it only took me about 2 years to get the parts I have already and only about $2000-$3000 more for the rest of the parts to complete.

May put it on the backburner for the time being and start with the small stuff.

Whats your reason for wanting to have locking hubs?

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I would also like to know?

I know why they came on CJ's and other bigger trucks back in the day.

some big trucks still do too

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A lot of guys with TJs and LJs put them on their axles as well.

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I absolutely hated having to get out a lock my hubs on my CJ...

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i always thought it was annoying to have to get out to lock them, but that might just be bc im really lazy

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Hmm, that may explain why I hated it too.

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Always locked them in when you thought you may need them and then you were ready , I would still rather have them that way, wasn't hard at all to do!

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It never bothered me on my CJ5, but I could pretty much care less either way i think.

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I've always had pickups with them, Just got use to them. If I needed to I would just lock them.

Technically, aren't the hubs always locked on the KJ?

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True, I think I just like that old style feel.

It is hard to get used too...... I loved the good ol days when I could just pull a handle and Go. I have actually pulled into 4LO and run through a tough section only to get hung up and Then realize I needed to jump out and spin the stupid hubs. So I actually drove through in 2LO....well at least it perfromed well in 2 LO up to where I got stuck.

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Have done that a few times as well.

Tom,I never found lock-outs hard to deal with, either.

Without locking hubs, you never disconnect the front driveline: you merely cut the power to it.
With lock-outs, you completely disconnect your front axles, diff, & driveshaft from turning & eliminate the wear on those components unless you are actually four-wheeling. This also eliminates the drag of pushing the un-powered front driveline when it is not in use. What effect this may have on fuel mileage probably varies from vehicle to vehicle.

When the need for 4 wheel drive was a possiblity, you just locked in your hubs & left the x-fer in 2 wheel drive. Now you are equal to those vehicles without locking hubs. Even the most basic x-fer, such as the Dana 20, can be shifted "on the fly."

Locking hubs went away becasue of a need for convenience. I still think that they, along with manually shifted x-fers and other such goods, are a better idea.

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