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ARB ait locker not unlocking

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ARB ait locker not unlocking

Post by jtraf »

The story is I changed diff ratio's a few weeks back and was not happy with gearing so going back to more suited gearing. Rear air locker was working fine.

Pulled centre apart and changed ratios over and put it all back together again and put back diff together.

My issue is that I am now permanently locked without air going to rear diff.

What could be wrong and do I need to pull it apart to release it?

Has this happened to anyone else?

James
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Post by bazooked »

they should be normally open just sittin there, they lock in with air, maybe ya stuffed sumthin up?
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Re: ARB ait locker not unlocking

Post by humphey »

jtraf wrote:The story is I changed diff ratio's a few weeks back and was not happy with gearing so going back to more suited gearing. Rear air locker was working fine.

Pulled centre apart and changed ratios over and put it all back together again and put back diff together.

My issue is that I am now permanently locked without air going to rear diff.

What could be wrong and do I need to pull it apart to release it?

Has this happened to anyone else?

James
gee thats two i know off doin the same thing . a mate had the same prob but in the front , we pulled it out and stripped it down ,we found 3 teeth from the star gears jamed under the plastic engager holdin it in the lock possie. hope this is'nt your prob
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Post by spongerx »

This just happened to a friend of mine in the back of his 03 lux too. Completely stuffed side gear and seal.
ARB told him he should only be engaging his locker while stationary. In the driving manual I got with mine (which i've lost) I'm sure it said the lockers could be engaged up to 60km/h once going straight and on level ground.
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Post by grimbo »

james just give ARB a call and get the right info from them rather than my mates brothers next door neighbours Hilux had a busted locker too, probably the same thing.
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