The hubs are fully engaged all the time, so the front axles and front drive shaft spin all the time. Warn does make a kit to add typical locking hubs and changes the stub axle on each axle shaft, and changes the wheel bearings from the sealed hubs to the standard serviceable type, but this kit will run you around ~$1000.00 USD. I think most guys will tell you that itÆs just not worth the money to change the front axle over. You might save a half mile per gallon or so depending on lift, and the price of the bearing hubs over the life of the jeep just donÆt warrant it from a bearing standpoint. I was bothered about this at first too, and was looking at making the swap when I just needed to replace the front wheel bearings, but I just could not justify the price of the kit. I think I paid ~$250.00 - $300.00 for the 2 bearing hub assemblies which typically last ~100K miles, so I would have had to replace the bearings 2 more times (take the jeep to 400K) miles to begin to balance out the price of the locking hub kit. As much as I love my Cherokee, I just donÆt see it lasting that long in the north east. The other part I donÆt like on the Jeeps is the bolt pattern (5 on 4.5ö) which the Warn kits would allow one to change too up to the more standard (5 on 5ö), which would then involve brake rotor changes, and wheel changes, and it just started to add up too quick just to make it so I could have common rims between my Ford and my Jeep. The options do exist for you though, check out the Warn web page.

Sean