When I try to lock up the fronts, the passengar side lock is hard to spin. Like - REALLY hard. I've put it in and out of 4wd a lot, but I'm afraid it's just not going to spin one of these days. What do I do?

how about buying a whole new set and keeping the old one that spins easily for a spare 
just my $.02   

I was kinda hoping there was a way to lubricate or rebuild them.

I was kinda hoping there was a way to lubricate or rebuild them.

Try a search for hub at Ack's FAQ (See link in my signature).  There are two articles covering rebuilding Asin hubs.

If you are mildly mechanically inclined, can keep track of the parts and follow the instructions, you should be able to clean and re-lube your sticky hub in less than a half hour.

It's not that hard to do!

Sweetness. Eventually I'll learn to check the ACK FAQ first 

It mentions using Grease to lube the bits inside. Any particular kind of grease? I was thinking of getting a Grease gun, so I can lub my sami - would the grease in that work?

Sweetness. Eventually I'll learn to check the ACK FAQ first 

It mentions using Grease to lube the bits inside. Any particular kind of grease? I was thinking of getting a Grease gun, so I can lub my sami - would the grease in that work?

A grease gun is always a nice thing to have... but bearing grease might be a bit excessive in this application.  It'll work and it won't take very much to get the job done but it might be a bit too thick.  All you need is a tube of lithium grease or something similar to coat the parts that move occasionally to keep them slippery.  Double-check with the auto-parts store or maybe someone here can make a better recomendation.

BTW, Thank you for those kind words!  In case anyone was wondering, the vast majority of the SEARCH result content at Ack's FAQ are actually links to information on other fine websites -- like ZukiWorld! 

I had the same problem, I even had to turn the dial with plyers to lock them, it's mostly the dial that dried up and gets hard to turn. I took mine apart and hadn't before, but it was quite easy, the first side took me a little over an hour, cause I was paying close attention to where and how all the pieces went in, and how they worked, I then cleaned all the parts free of rusty, dried up stinky grease. I then lubricated with just a multi purpous grease. One mistake I made - I packed it with grease - don't do this, it stops the movement just a skim coat and it worked awesome.

just take them apart and give them a really good cleaning. i use a product called fluid film to lube mine with. it has good water repelling capibilities.

derek

Thanks again for the heads up guys - I probably would have over-packed the grease myself

ACK - your FAQ is brilliant. Maybe one of these days I'll have a writeup in there 

I'd like to see one of these boards re-think their organization on their How-To / FAQ sections. I'm on a Celica board (http://6gc.net/forums/) that organizes their boards on things like "General Discussion", "Engine/Transmission/Maintenance", "Exterior Styling", "Internal Styling" etc. Under each of these, people post their technical questions. Sometimes there's really good information, so at the top in a sticky they'll link it under things like "Engine Swaps" or "Suspension How-To". It really organizes the information well, and reduced a lot of the re-posts.

Hint hint....