I went down to Johnson Valley recently to go wheeling with @Broski and @mustcamp on the first day I ripped teeth from my front ring and pinion and simulateously broke the CV head of the driveline right at the transfer case output.
My ARB air lockers have worked flawlessly since the diffs were built 12 years ago. I have been told by a couple shops that they don’t like to install air lockers anymore due to “too many issues” mostly air leaks and that they steer customers toward the Harrop Eaton E-locker and that if I keep the ARB’s I should replace all seals including the bonded seal on the inside of the carrier. After some research I learned that there are some ARB’s out there from the 1980’s that have never had the bonded seal replaced. ARB claims that the bonded seal can do up to 20k cycles. I like the air lockers and couldn’t really find any negative comments from internet posts years in the past until present. It seems odd that those two shops, one a cruiser shop and one a diff only shop, said that they don’t like the Air Lockers.
I thought, well, this might be a good time to swap to the Eaton when I tear it apart to fix the broken gears myself. So I watched a very good video that compares and shows how the ARB, the Eaton and the TJM pro lockers all operate. I am not impressed with how the Eaton locks and then unlocks for about .5 of a tire rotation when switching directions forward to reverse and back.
If you have experience with any of these selectable lockers post what you know.
My ARB air lockers have worked flawlessly since the diffs were built 12 years ago. I have been told by a couple shops that they don’t like to install air lockers anymore due to “too many issues” mostly air leaks and that they steer customers toward the Harrop Eaton E-locker and that if I keep the ARB’s I should replace all seals including the bonded seal on the inside of the carrier. After some research I learned that there are some ARB’s out there from the 1980’s that have never had the bonded seal replaced. ARB claims that the bonded seal can do up to 20k cycles. I like the air lockers and couldn’t really find any negative comments from internet posts years in the past until present. It seems odd that those two shops, one a cruiser shop and one a diff only shop, said that they don’t like the Air Lockers.
I thought, well, this might be a good time to swap to the Eaton when I tear it apart to fix the broken gears myself. So I watched a very good video that compares and shows how the ARB, the Eaton and the TJM pro lockers all operate. I am not impressed with how the Eaton locks and then unlocks for about .5 of a tire rotation when switching directions forward to reverse and back.
If you have experience with any of these selectable lockers post what you know.
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