ARB Front Locker Available.....soonish

I will be in for one, Toolangi mud had my front brakes smoking with the tc working hard, the rear elocker worked a treat though. Would also be good in soft sand to save the brakes.

Price will be interesting .... As will the comparison out of the USA....

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

There is absolutely no need for a front locker on a D3 or D4. Rock-Crawl can lock up the front far more effectively, as it will allow a variable delta between the front spins when turning, and won't contribute to shock-load.

One assumes ARB will also source the HD axles and CV joints that will inevitably be required? They'd have been better off producing a rear locker for those that didn't spec one at build time - at least LR provide heavier rear components that could be retrofitted with it.

Cheers,

Gordon

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Yep exactly Gordon, seems a bit silly doing the front one.
When climbing steep rocky hills it's the rear one that does all the work.
Too easy to break CV's & axles in the front is you push it too hard with a locker on. Not to say that steering is also impaired with the use of a front locker.

While the housings and oil capacity between the front and rears are different, I assume the diff ratios are the same (noting many AWD cars have slightly different ratios between front and rear) and the actual diffs are the same - if so I wonder if this locker would actually fit in the rear.

I guess that time will tell.

Garry

We should as a group contact ARB regarding rear lockers.

If we could give them 100+ orders that might give them the impetus to go in to design, development & manufacture.

Who's up for 1??

I am.

Cheers

Chuck

I'm tipping that your warranty would be thrown out the window should you have the ARB diff lock fitted.......

Cheers, Craig

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Oh, so that's why it's so hard to jack the bloody thing at the front?... ;-)

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Try putting your jack in the small hole in the front wishbone, wind the jack 2 or 3 turns the car self levels and presto the wheel is off the ground.:)

connock

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Originally Posted by connock

Try putting your jack in the small hole in the front wishbone, wind the jack 2 or 3 turns the car self levels and presto the wheel is off the ground.:)

connock

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Thanks mate...never heard of that or tried it...is it safe with the Sus still active?

Basically I was taking the Mick out of Terry....:D

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Originally Posted by Celtoid

Basically I was taking the Mick out of Terry....:D

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Really! How unusual ...;)

cheers,
Terry

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Originally Posted by TerryO

Really! How unusual ...;)

cheers,
Terry

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:D

Cheers,

Kev.

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Originally Posted by ~Rich~

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When climbing steep rocky hills it's the rear one that does all the work.
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I used to think that, until I got a front locker...

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Originally Posted by gghaggis

No they don't, but for most other brands, such things are available. ...

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Now maybe, but how many vehicles had upgraded axles available when ARB first released lockers for that vehicle...? My guess would be 0.