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was up Appin on sat wheeling but when driving home noticed the locker was still locked in any one had this problem yet?
jimbo

jimbo jones wrote:was up Appin on sat wheeling but when driving home noticed the locker was still locked in any one had this problem yet?
jimbo

Last time i seen a thread mentioning pro lockers there was any army of supporters bagging ARB's.. Where are they now..

But on a more helpful note.. Have you disconnected the air line to see if it's an air pressure problem or a mechanical problem??
It might be a solenoid not releasing the pressure or something similar??
Cheers, Dan

Ruffy wrote:

jimbo jones wrote:was up Appin on sat wheeling but when driving home noticed the locker was still locked in any one had this problem yet?
jimbo

Last time i seen a thread mentioning pro lockers there was any army of supporters bagging ARB's.. Where are they now..

But on a more helpful note.. Have you disconnected the air line to see if it's an air pressure problem or a mechanical problem??
It might be a solenoid not releasing the pressure or something similar??
Cheers, Dan

I took the center out and the ring gear is jammed taking it back for warranty tommorrow

I know a guy with a gu that just broke his arb air locker without even flogging it,i wouldnt even think it is that old,sometimes you just have bad luck.

bastard wrote:I know a guy with a gu that just broke his arb air locker without even flogging it,i wouldnt even think it is that old,sometimes you just have bad luck.

This guy dosent do burnouts do they. As when they are not locked in and only one wheel spins it can be bad for them

turps wrote:

bastard wrote:I know a guy with a gu that just broke his arb air locker without even flogging it,i wouldnt even think it is that old,sometimes you just have bad luck.

This guy dosent do burnouts do they. As when they are not locked in and only one wheel spins it can be bad for them

But most people flog the absolute guts out of the ARB lockers and they stay intact.

dirtyGQ wrote:

turps wrote:

bastard wrote:I know a guy with a gu that just broke his arb air locker without even flogging it,i wouldnt even think it is that old,sometimes you just have bad luck.

This guy dosent do burnouts do they. As when they are not locked in and only one wheel spins it can be bad for them

But most people flog the absolute guts out of the ARB lockers and they stay intact.

As long as its turned on there strong. Turned of and they will have issues if you keep one wheel spinning to long.

bastard wrote:I know a guy with a gu that just broke his arb air locker without even flogging it,i wouldnt even think it is that old,sometimes you just have bad luck.

Is it new? If so then that is what warranties are for.

Personally I haven't heard too many bad stories abount air lockers and the ones that I have heard of usually were laced with some hint of driver abuse. On the whole ARB's usually handle a pretty good flogging without too much fuss.

mate being locked in is a good thing she wants to go hard

They wouldnt replace under warranty because of 35 inch tyres.

bastard wrote:They wouldnt replace under warranty because of 35 inch tyres.

please explain? aka thats crap! they start that that shit during promotions means sales campaign wont travel to well....... lockers for stockers will be the new moto

and yes i find it hard to believe

i would say another BS STORY.

does anyone know if there are any Pro lockers being used in competiton? the actual pro locker not the one before TJM bought it, because if i am correct tehre is afew small changes??

dirtyGQ wrote:i would say another BS STORY.

ask rvh96 about the story. but he still replaced it with another arb locker

i was meaning the BS story ARB gave about the 35's nissan and toyota try the same on about lifts etc.

In the waranty terms in the ARB booklet larger than stock tyres is just one of many reasons they can void warranty

iv'e had arb lockers now for two years in a comp buggy and no probs thats runnin 42'' swampers . broke axle's beffed up cv's tail shaft's but there still runnin fine .lookin at running tjm pro lockers in a new trail rig too see how they stand up .but only runnin 35'' to 38'' tyre's .

It's easy to get angry with somebody else when something costly goes wrong. Nobody likes being left out of pocket.

But if I can add my $0.02 to this discussion, then with the exception of one competiton rig with 37" tyres and a big block, I'm not personally aware of one single torque related Nissan diff warranty claim in the last 3 or 4 years, WORLD WIDE.

-diff carrier bearings coming apart under high torque and the rollers drifting into the diff gears and causing carnage - sure, but ARB does not make bearings.
-bearing journals coming apart under high torque in comp rigs - occasionally, but only in high end comp rigs due to a Nissan related design issue in all H233 Nissan diffs...but ARB makes a competition upgrade for this to convert the Nissan carrier to take the larger Toyota carrier bearings, and we have never had a single claim on them.
-gears seizing due to the axle ingesting mud and water - sure they do...but.??? ...well, of course they do!
-but a broken ARB Nissan diff purely due to the fact that somebody bolted on a larger set of tyres - nope, not for several years and thousands of Nissan lockers.

So please double check your facts before passing them on as gospel.
The readers of this board are very important to us.

-daniel
AIR LOCKER

Jimbo,

How did you go with TJM, are they coming to the party with your Pro Locker?

I love my arb locker and would gladly buy another one ,i was just telling you of one that i knew of,until then i had never heard of one braking either. ,and to be honest i dont even know if it was another part malfunction that caused it or not.

my problem was the hat on the crownwheel side of the carrier broke the side carrier bearing of, ARB WOULD NOT cover it because they said 35 inch claws will do that every time and they had seen it before they sugested i get the comp housing which i did it runs a larger bearing 45mm instead of 40mm as the standand nissan runs which makes the housing thicker after getting the new housing which is the same as the stock housing except for the bearing size it still looked weak to me so i have had some housings made from 4140 steel billet they will not break i have extra housings in stock if any body is interested. incidently i do not do burnouts in my truck locked or unlocked i do use it for hardcore 4x4 i didnt spend shitloads of money setting it up to look at it in the shed and i accept that things break so i am not compaining and i dont hold anything against ARB i have had their lockers before and would buy them again as they work well

RoldIT wrote:Jimbo,

How did you go with TJM, are they coming to the party with your Pro Locker?

yeah there fixing it
jimbo

hey daniel i wouldnt worry what one person says mate i got arbs f&r and i love them mate im sure theres alot of people world wide who think the same keep up the good work
cheers mick

ps probaly the only thing you could do for everyone would be to make them cheaper LOL

jimbo jones wrote:

RoldIT wrote:Jimbo,

How did you go with TJM, are they coming to the party with your Pro Locker?

yeah there fixing it
jimbo

Good stuff. Nice hear they support their product.

mick80 wrote:hey daniel i wouldnt worry what one person says mate i got arbs f&r and i love them mate im sure theres alot of people world wide who think the same keep up the good work
cheers mick

ps probaly the only thing you could do for everyone would be to make them cheaper LOL

I agree ARB lockers work great and am very happy with mine,i wouldn't risk trying out any other locker for now any way

mick80 wrote:hey daniel i wouldnt worry what one person says mate i got arbs f&r and i love them mate im sure theres alot of people world wide who think the same keep up the good work
cheers mick

ps probaly the only thing you could do for everyone would be to make them cheaper LOL

I am the same i have had ARB's FR and RR and have been very happy with them. I did brake an early gq type locker. Some thing about 4 bolt where as now there 8 bolt. I accepted it as damage and ARB Bendigo (Bendigo Off-Road then) did a relatively good deal on a new locker installed.

The othe I know of that broke. Was out of a GU. And the owner was doing burnouts with the locker unlocked. I dont know how long it went for but I am guessing for awhile. When finished or sober there was a nosie comeing from the diff. It had sheared a pin in the diff. So operator error and he brought a new one.

Yep ARB for me.
After having a front Detroit in the Jabber (as there was no other option) and then a front ARB after the SAS - I'll go ARB everytime !!
I've had a rear ARB for 5 years and broke numerous axles without any damage to the locker.
There are numerous upgrades available which are not really advertised but if you speak to ARB or ask Daniel you will be surprised at what they can make up for you.
What I really like about ARB is the quality of their product, locally made and the shear model coverage available.
Sure competition is good with the pro-locker but they only cover a few models at this point.
Also ARB do listen to model specific clubs and work with enthusiasts to develop products for different makes.
This is very important as not everyone drives Tojo's, Nissans or Rovers..................

Awe, shucks guys.
It's good to be appreciated.
Thanks for makin' my Monday morning bearable!

-daniel
AIR LOCKER

Ok just heard from TJM Wollongong and there sending my complet diff housing iup sydney for them to stripp it down and chack it out they said its the first on to break no other problems before this one will let you all know what they say about it
jimbo

the locker was sent to TJM head office in brisbane not sydney
anway I heard back from them today the pin in the centre snaped all was fixed under warranty they said it was the first one to breakthey were very helpfull & he also told me that unlike the ARB locker the TJM one is coverd under warranty with what ever size tyre you want to run ARB you can only run 33"s max. Front locker for the 80 will be released next month
jimbo