Dynatrac's Dynaloc hubs, problem and fix - Page 2

woodbee · 03-10-2012, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by warholic

Hey Woody -

I would recommend to anyone with Dynaloc hubs that you replace the nylon sleeves with the brass before you do any off-roading. I would do it yesterday because it will fail eventually. This is a design flaw and the parts were free to me, just cost labor.

warholic,

I agree with you completely.
I did the work myself, its not to hard.

Woody

**daveb** · 03-10-2012, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by woodbee

Got my new gears and bronze bushings installed and everything works nice and smooth. After removing the old gears and the nylon bushings, I cleaned them up to send back to Dynatrac. I could see how the nylon bushing swelled when I put them together for shipping. I had to push quite hard to get the gears and bushing put together.
The job was easy to do with the PDF I downloaded from Dynatrac's website.

Woody

After the Valley of fire meet I told SMB of the problem. Alan was having the same problem you guys were and SMB had quit installing them. I guess many who had these were having problems. Up until then I was glad I had not switched from Warn. Please report back how the dynatrac fix is working as I might switch to these down the road.

woodbee · 03-11-2012, 12:06 PM

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After the Valley of fire meet I told SMB of the problem. Alan was having the same problem you guys were and SMB had quit installing them. I guess many who had these were having problems. Up until then I was glad I had not switched from Warn. Please report back how the dynatrac fix is working as I might switch to these down the road.[/quote]

Dave,

We will see how they work when we have the meet and 4 wheeling trip at the end of the month. I have locked them in several time and unlocked the rear end and everything is working good.

Talk to you later,
Woody

warholic · 03-11-2012, 12:09 PM

Hey dave -

see my earlier post .... but works prefectly now ... no problems at all. Smooth as butter.
I didn't talk to Dynatrac - the 4 wheel parts tech did ... but I was standing there ... it's clear to me it is a design flaw and their engineers have come up with the fix, which is the brass sleeve.

Should have been that all along probably .... and parts were free so you know they recognize it as a defect and are willing to correct it.

warholic

woodbee · 03-11-2012, 12:26 PM

I think it's a good design, mostly after the design problem has been resolved. I like the idea that if you wipeout the end of the hub while 4 wheeling it stays locked into 4 wheel drive. I wouldn't hesitate to order them again.

Woody

**daveb** · 03-14-2012, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by warholic

Hey dave -

see my earlier post .... but works prefectly now ... no problems at all. Smooth as butter.
I didn't talk to Dynatrac - the 4 wheel parts tech did ... but I was standing there ... it's clear to me it is a design flaw and their engineers have come up with the fix, which is the brass sleeve.

Should have been that all along probably .... and parts were free so you know they recognize it as a defect and are willing to correct it.

warholic

I've been a beta tester enough that I kinda want to see how these work under heavy conditions and time. I have only had one failure with the Warn hubs and it didn't cause me any off road trouble. Ball Joints are another thing. I'm willing to try these out
http://www.dynatrac.com/products/freesp ... oints.html
But if I have problems with my hubs again, I'll go for it.