Dynaloc Vs Warn Hubs

[tschidas]

Outside of the length advantage (cosmetic) of the Dyna's, any opinions whether its worth the additional $300+ for the Dynaloc hubs?

 

[AMcCormick]

call it cosmetic if you like, but the danalocks do not extend beyond my 35s on stock wheels. I would call this more functional than cosmetic.
Andy

 

[ENafziger]

Yep, there's a bunch of reasons... Here's mine:

The Warns are a known name brand, and have served many people well for many years. That being said, the stresses put on hubs by our trucks can be severe... severe enough that the Warns will break with enough abuse. However, not everyone sled pulls, runs 37" + tires, has over 1000 ft-lbs, or offroads heavily... and for them, the Warn hubs will work great!

However, if you have increased power/torque output substantially, are running big tires, or sledpull and offroad extensively, you're money ahead to step up to the Dynalocs.

The Warns stick out about 3/4" farther than the Dynalocs, and are surrounded with a chrome plated plastic/cast metal casing. An unplanned meeting with a rock or other obstacle will not go well!

The Dynalocs are a solid machined piece that will take significant abuse and keep asking for more!

Here are some pics sent to me that show the two. All pictures are with hubs installed on a Power Wagon with stock wheels/tires.

Warn hubs:

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Dynaloc hubs:

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I love the way the Dynalocs look almost factory in the above picture. They have a much more positive engagement mechanism than the Warns, and have Chromoly innerds. Dan can explain the particulars here much better, but they're strong.

The Dynaloc hubs fail in the "locked" position, in the unlikely event one was to break. Thus, you would still be able to get out of your situation and back home without a long walk.

In short, if you have a pretty much stock truck with just a few performance mods and generally stick to the street, the Warns will likely give you many trouble free miles of great performance.

On the other hand, if you're running greatly increased power, big tires, and really use the truck to its full capabilities, the Dynalocs are the way to go.

Plus, the machined Dynalocs just look cool!

Hope this helps...

--Eric

 

[rscurtis]

Can a Dynatrac installation originally equipped with Warn hubs be updated to the Dynaloc hubs?

 

[ENafziger]

Can a Dynatrac installation originally equipped with Warn hubs be updated to the Dynaloc hubs?<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <!-- / message --><!-- sig -->

It sure can!!! I think for an existing customer doing this, that Dan will even give you a little price break if you ask nice...

--Eric

 

[Curious Dave]

I just took off my Warns (after they came apart, again), and installed the Dynalocs. I wish they would have sold them to me when I bought my free spin kit. But Steve told me I would not need them.

I guess I should have stuck with my "Overkill" philosophy. I have all of Dynalocs parts in my D60 now along with a Tru-Trac unit. No problems now.