Thread: ARB Front Locker Available.....soonish

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

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

Originally Posted by Celtoid

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

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

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

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....

Originally Posted by Celtoid

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

Really! How unusual ...

cheers,
Terry

Originally Posted by TerryO

Really! How unusual ...

cheers,
Terry

Cheers,

Kev.