Thread: Locker in and going

Originally Posted by Matman

Finally got my locker and compressor put in today,with the help of longstroke.I put the compressor under the bonnet but made a heat shield for my piece of mind.So after i dropped tim of i went to a mates place and we hit the local track up creek road(Limberts).My mate shane went first in his 80 series and i followed.The first bit of the hill is pretty slippery and shane was spinning and had a couple of goes to get up the first bit(he had worn tyres).
I had turned on the compressor and hit the rear locker switch and hit the first bit rather slow and got stuck the first go(explanation later)I had another go but a bit quicker and got up.Shane had stopped up past the second section,he went up the left hand side.I arrived at the second section and decided to go up the middle,i had a couple of goes and didnt make it.Shane had walked back down the hill to watch,so i had another go and he told me the back wheel isnt spinning.
Ive finally worked out i need to have both my front and rear switches on(even tho i dont have a front locker)So the whole time i didnt have my locker in.So i hit the other switch and it lit up,all i did next was just crawl up the next bit without spinning a wheel,and all i had on was a set of A/T bfg's on,i cant wait to try my 33's.
Cheers Mat.

Look like ARB switches, did you use the wire supplied with the lockers and pump? if so i would say you have some thing crossed. 1 switch = 1 locker

Well done! You'll find lockers make quite a difference - just don't overuse them ...

Originally Posted by Panda

Well done! You'll find lockers make quite a difference - just don't overuse them ...

And the problem with over using lockers would be maybe if you were attempting to follow in a unlocked car

Glad it worked in the end
I would say maybe you have the rear locker plugs conected to the front locker switch
In our's if you don't have the rear locker in the front won't activate so this sounds like the same thing but just with different switches, try swaping the plugs
Will have to give it a propper test on the weekend

CHEERS TIM.

Originally Posted by long stroke

Glad it worked in the end
I would say maybe you have the rear locker plugs conected to the front locker switch
In our's if you don't have the rear locker in the front won't activate so this sounds like the same thing but just with different switches, try swaping the plugs
Will have to give it a propper test on the weekend

CHEERS TIM.

Rather a foolish system huh? I'd love to be able turn my lockers on independantly of each other. The back end tends to kick out on tough hill climbs when a bit of bounce is involved. I noticed when my rear locker was shagged and i plugged the line the front locker was enough to pull me through everything.

Originally Posted by Mudsloth

Rather a foolish system huh? I'd love to be able turn my lockers on independantly of each other. The back end tends to kick out on tough hill climbs when a bit of bounce is involved. I noticed when my rear locker was shagged and i plugged the line the front locker was enough to pull me through everything.

Yep, but i think there is a way of getting around it, you can make them both independant i'm pretty shore
Just not quite shore how
i'd say it's a safety thing......

CHEERS TIM.

they are independent, but when plugging the wires into the switches you can get them a we bit crossed up ( looking at the switch from the front or the rear). if you didn't get the wiring diagram with the compressor, i can scan it if you wish

Originally Posted by clean32

they are independent, but when plugging the wires into the switches you can get them a we bit crossed up ( looking at the switch from the front or the rear). if you didn't get the wiring diagram with the compressor, i can scan it if you wish

We used the wiring diagram, but i just think we might have put the front locker plugs into the rear locker switch (or vise-versa) could be wrong though....

CHEERS TIM.