Front Hubs

[ray1933]

Has anyone replaced their front hubs with those from Dynatrac in Hunnington Beach CA. These are the ones you have to lock in and out by hand.

I think will go with those if I ever need to have a front hub repaired.



www.dynatrac.com

 

[steved]

Do a search, there are loads of threads on the topic...



You'll find more info than you want to on it...



steved

 

[JAlderman]

Pics of the kit are in my readers rigs

 

[ray1933]

J Alderman

Have you noticed a increase in mileage since you changed to the Dynatract

front hubs?

You can PM me if you want as I'm curious to the cost to have them installed and of course the cost of the kits.



My main interest is to be able to run in low range when tooling around the back

roads and old logging roads even when 4 wheel is not needed.

I assume that these bearings can be repacked and can the u joints be greased.

 

[steved]

The kits run around $1800...



They take around 3 hours to install if everything comes apart easy...



steved

 

[JAlderman]

J Alderman

Have you noticed a increase in mileage since you changed to the Dynatract

front hubs?

You can PM me if you want as I'm curious to the cost to have them installed and of course the cost of the kits.



My main interest is to be able to run in low range when tooling around the back

roads and old logging roads even when 4 wheel is not needed.

I assume that these bearings can be repacked and can the u joints be greased.

Maybe a mile or two. I notice it more in constant steady driving. I think the overall driveability is way better than before. On my last road trip I was getting close to 20 mpg, unloaded.

And yes the u-joints can be greased and the bearings can be repacked.

 

[Hercules130]

EMS OFFROAD told me there kit would be ready by the end of January at the tune of $1300.

 

[zstroken]

Call emsoffroad. They are good to deal with. I can't comment on putting the kit in yet. It is sitting in the garage still. I went with the 35spline inner upgrades, and the extreme kit. I think the website is emsoffroad.com. Do a search on google for it.

 

[steved]

Call emsoffroad. They are good to deal with. I can't comment on putting the kit in yet. It is sitting in the garage still. I went with the 35spline inner upgrades, and the extreme kit. I think the website is emsoffroad.com. Do a search on google for it.

Last I knew, they hadn't gotten to the 3rd gen kits yet... only 2nd gen.



steved

 

[zstroken]

Last I knew, they hadn't gotten to the 3rd gen kits yet... only 2nd gen.



steved

I was told should be middle of january. I would wait even 30 days to save $500.

 

[sid325]

Dynatrac well worth it. If you saw the kit you would understand. You get what you pay for.



Sid

 

[zstroken]

I have the ems offroad kit for a second gen. It looks very similar to the dynatrac kit. I talked to EMS and I think the big difference is that EMS is a direct distributor. They really don't have any mark up, where as the dynatrac kit has dealer pricing etc, etc.

 

[JAlderman]

You get what you pay for is right, take a hard look at the stub shafts the ems ones are tapered down and the dynatrac one doesn't it's the same diameter.

And why is ems covering up the spindle bolt holes, dynatrac doesn't.



And Dynatrac does their own machining in house, they make and distribute their own product.



Quality and cheap don't go together in my book.



http://emsoffroad.com/



http://dynatrac.com/products_freespin_dodge.html

 

[steved]

I was told should be middle of january. I would wait even 30 days to save $500.

They have been "expecting" to have them for over 6 months now... sorta like the mystical detroit for a AAM11. 50... announcing a "expected date" means nothing to me until the product is shipping.



steved

 

[steved]

And Dynatrac does their own machining in house, they make and distribute their own product.

This is true, there isn't a "manufacturer" supplying these kits to dealers... DT makes their own kit and markets it...



Last I knew, you had to have some serious $$$ to even be a "dealer" for DT stuff, which is why you don't see many dealers for DT and most people go to the manufacturer directly...



steved

 

[zstroken]

You get what you pay for is right, take a hard look at the stub shafts the ems ones are tapered down and the dynatrac one doesn't it's the same diameter.

And why is ems covering up the spindle bolt holes, dynatrac doesn't.



And Dynatrac does their own machining in house, they make and distribute their own product.



Quality and cheap don't go together in my book.



http://emsoffroad.com/



http://dynatrac.com/products_freespin_dodge.html

The picture on EMS's web page is the 30 spline kit. They have a 35 spline kit. The 35 spline kit is over kill unless your doing competition. Curt Haisley runs the stock unit bearings on his pulling truck. I will have to look my 35spline kit to see if it tapers down. I am not dissing the dynatrac kit. I just feel the standard duty EMS kit will be adequate for 99% of the people. Dynatrac doesn't make their axles. Give a call to Reider Racing if you want to find out who makes them. EMS just offers an option for the dynatrack if you don't want to put $1800 in your front end for hubs. $1000 makes it slightly more competitive with having to buy two unit bearings.

 

[steved]

I just feel the standard duty EMS kit will be adequate for 99% of the people.



Dynatrac doesn't make their axles.

The EMS SD kit would be fine for the average joe... with it installed, your D60 is just about like every other D60 ever built with 30-spline stubs (clear back to the 70s) and you don't see them barfing components on the ground... the stub is not actually the weak point, the ujoint and it's "ears" are the weak spot... if they would have ever got that kit done, I probably would have bought it in place of the DT kit...



And dynatrac does build a lot of their own stuff...



steved

 

[JAlderman]

The picture on EMS's web page is the 30 spline kit. They have a 35 spline kit. The 35 spline kit is over kill unless your doing competition. Curt Haisley runs the stock unit bearings on his pulling truck. I will have to look my 35spline kit to see if it tapers down. I am not dissing the dynatrac kit. I just feel the standard duty EMS kit will be adequate for 99% of the people. Dynatrac doesn't make their axles. Give a call to Reider Racing if you want to find out who makes them. EMS just offers an option for the dynatrack if you don't want to put $1800 in your front end for hubs. $1000 makes it slightly more competitive with having to buy two unit bearings.

I think the reason the kit is so pricey is because of the spindles, Dynatrac had to custom make them for the AAM 9. 25. The 9. 25 is probably a couple of thousands bigger or smaller than a D60 front so the kit had to get reworked from the Super duty kit. So if you get this kit on your 3rd gen you will get D60 parts and custom machined spindles to fit the 9. 25.

Thats great Reider makes the axle shafts, but Dynatrac does everything else.

R&d costs money.

 

[Hercules130]

EMS was having there spindles cut from billet from a place in australia.