Automatic Hubs On A 96 Bronco

[andersson_eighytduce]

Okay I have a broken wheel stud on the front drivers side. I removed the front cap of the hub, and noticed that the front hub assembly is different I couldnt get get it off the rig, cause the dana 44 spanner i had wouldnt fit. So my question is how do you get this locking assembly off, I noticed it looks like it slips in to the front hub cover. So is there a special tool to remove this, like a dana 44 spanner.

Or is there something else I need to do to get this off, since I noticed in my Haynes manual it showed a the picture for a 94 and below automatic hub assembly. This is something that ive never seen. I used to have an 81 with manual hubs and have the hubs apart many times. So please help me out with this one.
Aron

 

[chuckles1856]

I have a 91 which had auto locking hubs and I switched to manual hubs. It was fairly simple to replace them. The one catch that I can remember is the c- ring thing. It was kind of a pain in ass to get off. Here's a couple of links with some decent pics of what's going on.

http://www.mechanicmatt.com/index.php?Serv...e=HubConversion
http://patricksnorton.com/bronco/hubs.html

Hope it helps!
Ed ;-)