Locker goes "pshhhhhhhhh"

**Utemad** · 5th October 2006, 06:04 PM

I just paid a lot of money to get that sound

The things we do.

However doesn't it just suck when the place you pay good money to is a little on the stupid side?

I installed the compressor and all the wiring. All the ARB outlet had to do was fit the locker style tank with the fittings and the locker itself. I thought it a little steep when I was charged $54.55 for the compressor side of things. They didn't even put in a tee piece so I could still pump my tyres up! So after picking it up I went and bought the tee piece and fitted it myself. Only to find one of the compressor bolts sitting in the windscreen drain area and its nut and washers sitting on top of the inner guard. So I look at the compressor and find that they must have removed it as there are only 3 bolts holding it in. They left out the bolt that I know is the hardest to put in. Hardest but not overly difficult.
So basically I paid them $54.55 so that I could redo the compressor that didn't even need touching apart from bolting a tank on it and having two fittings screwed into it

That just reinforces the fact that if you want it done right you need to do it yourself. I just hope the locker itself is fitted correctly.

I was a little disappointed when I drove around our timber mill and tried a few places which I had previously thought would be great places to test a locker. Only to find out my Disco could drive them no trouble even with all terrains at highway pressure

I need to set my sights higher

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 5th October 2006, 06:10 PM

I'd be having a quiet word with the manager of the shop,,
nothing to lose,

he could even offer to re-check the installation.

**D110V8D** · 6th October 2006, 06:43 AM

ARB are not the best mob to deal with. Their customer service sucks and prices are a bit over the top most of the time.

Also it feels like they aren't all that enthusiastic to help out a Rover enthusiast when I've walked into one of their outlets.

Just my opinion.

**Utemad** · 6th October 2006, 06:47 AM

I might call them later today. They would have been closed by the time I saw the screw up. I have fixed it myself and have had my rant here.
However I will never go back there. Not even for a bow shackle.

I did actually feel a bit wary leaving my car there after the stupid questions they asked when I was dropping it in.

They also asked me if I realised there was a small knock in the driveline. I told them yes and I have had it checked out and it is considered normal.
However when I drove it away and it went BANG in first gear and BANG into second I knew there was something wrong. I looked at the transfer lever and it must have been just teetering on the edge of high unlocked and neutral. I guess they don't know how to drive either.

**Utemad** · 6th October 2006, 06:51 AM

I haven't had the car long. One ARB store I went to went on about how great they are offroad (drove a Range Rover

). Another was giggling under his breath. Then this place that just didn't have a clue but asked if I had gotten it cheap after he mentioned the 'small knock'.

**D110V8D** · 6th October 2006, 06:55 AM

95% of the population are absolute morons.

The other 5% drive Land Rovers.

**boggo** · 6th October 2006, 07:59 AM

Sounds like someone may have been playing silly buggers in your truck!? With what you said about ARB and rovers,I think thats why lots of rover lockers just go tssssss..............

**Utemad** · 6th October 2006, 09:03 AM

They do have a ****weak man made dirt test track beside their store. So it is possible.

billnjim · 7th October 2006, 10:03 AM

yeah i wont ever be going back to arb, had them fit my arb roof rack i now have scratches/little dents on my roof, arb says they (scratches etc...) were present when they were fitting roof rack i know for a fact they were not as i had given the roof a good cleaning and waxing the day before dropping the landy in. i will never buy anything from arb again.

**rangie2** · 7th October 2006, 10:18 AM

yeah mate no better in the west always so quick to hang it on landys
there gear is over priced and no better than another product,there is a arb agent in the west called welshpool 4x4 the owner is a landy man and very
helpfull

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