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ARB Compressor Problems
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:53 pm
by kalcruiser
Just went for a quick cruise and after getting into a spot of bother i went to switch on ARB compressor to activate the difflock i noticed it was not a smooth sound as normal instead it had a knock every 4-5 seconds after no diiflocks i got out of the situation to check things out to find no air coming out of manifold to any of the 3 outlets. I can feel solinoid kicking in and out for the difflock. Its dark now. tomorrow i'll look a little closer. But id say the compressor u/s can you get rebuild kits for these and has anyone seen this before?????
Thanks in Advance
Chris
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:00 pm
by cj
ARB offer every part and the prices are ok. You can even send it in for a rebuild and generally it doesn't cost that much as they only do what is necessary. When I had a problem with mine due to too much water it only cost about $6 in parts. Apparently $70 covers a pretty full rebuild or so I was told.
Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:25 pm
by Surfin Alec
I have had 2 problems with mine:
First: The O rings around the air tank pushed out around 1 edge and started leaking. This was fixed by loosening the end bolt, stuffing the O ring back in and re-tightening. You can hear the air leaking obviously aroung the air tank.
Secondly: The inlet valve of the compressor disintegrated. Luckily for me it was just at the very top of hell hill in the wattagans. 1 minute earlier and my nice drive would have turned th s#!t. Basically, the air compressor sounds about twice as loud and dosent turn off as it cant pump air. When I pulled the top off above the air compressor cylinder, under the guaze filter, I noticed bits of white plastic that looked like finger nail bits. These bit where a lot more evident on top of the piston. The inlet valve is a $2 bit of plastic, that ARB told me is quite common to let go. So I bought 2 and threw the other one in the ash tray so hopefully I will never need it again.
They are easy to pull apart and replace parts. As stated all part are available from ARB. Good luck.
Alec