EMS freewheel hubs

[BLegere]

Carson, I installed ems on my 12v and I opted for the large outer shafts and they bound up on hard right or left turn the solution was buy larger inner axles or grind the yokes down I chose to tac weld a 1/4" nut on each side at the stop surface. My intention is to buy the larger inner axles later and Steve has asured me that will resolve the binding issue , The 1/4" nut fix only cost me about a foot in my turning radious, only noticeable when doing tight parking manuvers. I am enjoying the increase in fuel mileage by 2 mpg. And that to me is well worth the investment . This conversion did increase wheel width by 1/2" on both sides which will help when I buy my next set of larger tires all in all I'm real happy with the results and the guys at ems are good to deal with I hope my expirence helps you with yours. Bill

 

[steved]

I have no idea, that's just what the guys at EMS said

I'd run a precision that's greaseable over a non-greaseable fail-in-75000-mile OEM joints...



I have the precisions in mine with the DT kit with zero trouble.



steved

 

[RJWEST]

If the axles are not going to be turning except in 4x4 mode, for us who
due very little 4 wheel operation, would not the non, greaseable be better?

OR, because they are not used, need to be greased ????

My kit should be here Monday, I may just reuse the originals,

Next Question: Did you reuse the wheel studs, & if so , was it a problem pressing them out??

 

[steved]

If the axles are not going to be turning except in 4x4 mode, for us who

due very little 4 wheel operation, would not the non, greaseable be better?



OR, because they are not used, need to be greased ????



My kit should be here Monday, I may just reuse the originals,



Next Question: Did you reuse the wheel studs, & if so , was it a problem pressing them out??

Considering my joints were rusted due to lack of grease, I would expect the same thing with joints that are stationary. I would not install non-greaseable joints, but it's not my truck.



My DT kit came with studs, not sure about the EMS kit.





steved

 

[Jeff_K]

EMS sends out new Wheel Studs with their kit.



A quality non-greasable joint is what I will be using.