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After my winter blues with 4WD not engaging in very cold conditions I bought some AVM457 locking wheel hubs for my 2006 Jimny. I came to fit them today and there is a problem. As I tighten up the flange bolts on the hub body (wheel off the ground) the body binds locking the wheel solid, even before fitting the cover assembly. Has anyone got experience with these or can offer advice.
Err that shouldn't be possible. You're using the bolts that came with the hubs?
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
All I can think of is that they are for an sj not a Jimny and are touching the vacuum retention flange on the hub nut.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
It's very hard to determine what's binding as it only happens as I start to tighten the bolts, finger tight is OK but 10ft/lb and starts to bind, rock solid at 20+. I wonder if there is some critical dimension to measure to be sure
I have the AVM457 for my Jimny also. Like Lambert, I am somewhat stumped by what you are describing. I had no such issue with mine. If someone doesn't beat me to the answer, I may try to carefully pull one of mine and see if I can replicate the problem. If I can't, I would fall back on one of Lambert's other comments and suggest that they aren't actually AVM457, even if they are in that box.
I started out with nothing & still have most of it left
