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trust me you nee the hardware.. you won't make it out the driveway before you hear "crack".. and that's your 4wd hub trying to spin your bearing nut tighter/looser.. and then breaking. been there done that.. had a miscommunication at the shop for hubs on a bronco.. thought we were doing just a straight auto hub swap to auto hub... we were converting to manual.. oops. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />


there's one problem with that. on a sportage the hubs don't even touch the bearing hardware. only the axle and the hub assembly. i haven't taken a very close look at the mazda bearings because when i went to LKQ a while back the hubs had already been removed from the only mazda B2600 4x4 pickup that they had but i'd imagine that it can't be much different.

2000 Kia Sephia, 1998 Kia Sportage 4x4, 2002 Kia Sportage 4x4