I don't get where the reputation for EAS being shit with pegs comes from - mine are holding up fine to the peg use (touch wood), i have more trouble when pegless cos they stick out so far and get hung up when i do pedal grinds, which cacks the threads, makes your wheel move and more importantly hurts a lot (My tune will change when I snap a stud off in the axle of course) My problem is that they're a shit to work on when you say it could be the drive side bearing playing silly buggers do you mean moving about or what?