I did the dynatrac hubs on my 03, 5/08. only about 1,000 mi
love them so far. Any body do the change?and have a lot of miles
on so far?

jim,Erie,Pa.

 

Did you notice an increase in MPG?

 

i have 30,000 miles on my dyna-tracs. no problems here. i picked up 1.25 mpg.

 

Yes about a 1-2, only if you keep your foot out of it.
Love it for low 2 backing up any trailer.

 

how expensive???

 

http://www.dynatrac.com


http://www.solidaxle.com/ProductCart...?idCategory=17


http://www.emsoffroad.com/EMS_New/home.htm

 

Cost wise I keep eyeballing the EMS kit.

 

I put the EMS kit on my rig about a year ago. If they haven't changed their kit, you will have to do some extra assembly that you wouldn't with the other kits. I would pay the extra $200-300 to have more assembly done. I noticed a better turning radius right away with mine. The truck seems to run smoother on the highway now that the whole driveline isn't turning.

 

Are you talking about assembling the bearing assemblies into the hub housing, or something more?

 

First, I had to press in the wheel studs into the hubs. Sounds easy right? You've pounded in a hundred with hammers right? It took a 20 ton press to get them in on mine! Then, the stub shafts did not fit through the housing on my truck. I had to grind them down to fit. EMS has their shafts made by a company in Australia I heard. Incidentally, the mold wasn't quite precise.
I also had to have the bearing races pressed in. They are too wide to use a socket like you would do otherwise. Still a good kit, but you can have much of this already done with other systems.
Again, they may have changed some of this since I bought the kit at the end of 2007.

 

I'm still a ways out from affording anything, but I'll contact them with specific questions before I order anything. I do have a 20 ton press, but that doesn't mean I really want to use it

I spoke at length to the dynatrac folks at SEMA this year. Their set is definately nice and high end, but the price makes my ***** hurt. I'm running stock tires and am primarily interested in better mileage and street manners, not hard core rock crawling. The CTD sucks in the rocks compared to my Bronco.

 

I spoke at length to the dynatrac folks at SEMA this year. Their set is definately nice and high end, but the price makes my ***** hurt. I'm running stock tires and am primarily interested in better mileage and street manners, not hard core rock crawling. The CTD sucks in the rocks compared to my Bronco.

Put your wallet in your back pocket to help with that.....