Thread: Old Nissan Safari query

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

As mentioned the fully auto hubs are absolute shyte, the other type which are manual/auto are the best in all seriousness.

The auto side is pretty adequate for general stuff, fundraiser, light river or club grade 2 use. For serious grade 5 shyte then just use your wheel brace or tyre iron to switch the hub from auto to manual....they rarely fail or let you down.
I've got genuine Patrol manual hubs on my Safari, I love em...but I've got a couple pairs of mint factory auto/manual hubs tucked away.

The only time I EVER had trouble with the above hubs was winter to summer, during summer i'd run factory recommended fluid in the transfer case, during winter when that oil was thicker due to the cold temperatures here in the South Is...when I left for work in the morning and the fluid being thicker - the auto hubs tended to engage, this only occurred until things warmed up. So to prevent that I'd run auto transmission fluid in the transfer case. It worked perfectly and incase anyone thinks it a bit weird then Google it or look on the Patrol4x4 aussie forum.

Good to know. Mine is the factory auto/manual variety that takes the wheel brace to change from one setting to the other.