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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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Looking to do the big diff/suspension job on or about Easter, and looking at lockers.
ARB air locker or as I feel could be good, an Eaton E Locker.
Anyone have anything to do with them, searched quite a bit, some say great, some say dont touch, go Air.
Nothing definitive for or against, anyone have knowledge.
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Red89
Joined: Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 2801 Location: Perth
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:21 am |
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No e-lockers for the sierra yet i thought.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:24 am |
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Hmmmm, I rang a diff specialist yesterday asking about ARB lockers to be installed in the suzi diffs, he asked why air and not Electronic, maybe he didnt catch the sierra bit.
further research needed.
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madmacca

az supporter
Joined: Fri May 14, 2010 8:46 am Posts: 928 Location: Lesmurdie W.A.
Vehicle: X-90 + Lwb Sierra + DeVitt +++
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:26 am |
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dont know if you can get an eaton e-locker for a zook diff I have E-lockers in the Comp truck (cruiser diffs) and love them
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:34 am |
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Have you experience in AIR as well, how do they compare.
I think the Elocker would be far quicker and less troublesome.
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tanshi

az supporter
Joined: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 7717 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:12 pm |
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never had any issues with Airlockers. Eaton dont make one for a sierra diff. KAM lockers do i believe
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:18 pm |
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Tanshi, I have an air locker, nary a drama, my brother has 2, F&R, has let him down a couple of times, airleaks.
He is a fridgy, so gas pressures he knows about, but still conked out on him.
I recon as ARB will be the go.
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tanshi

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Joined: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:30 pm Posts: 7717 Location: Brisbane
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:00 pm |
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The new design ones are much better than the old ones.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:04 pm |
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ok, heard they had newer stuff out.
ARB it is.
Is it worth upgrading the front to 26 spline, I very rarely use 4wd, thinking may as well, but also why.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:06 pm |
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jimny_timmy

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Joined: Fri May 13, 2011 1:56 am Posts: 2326
Vehicle: Suzuki Jimny 2010
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:40 pm |
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Damn that is a good price!!!
Edit... After conversion and shipping + taxes... It may nearly be cheaper to get the air locker... I was thinking $AUD then realized it was in the uk.
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pezz

az supporter
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 2108 Location: western vic
Vehicle: sj51
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 3:44 pm |
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SuziBlu wrote: I very rarely use 4wd, thinking may as well, but also why. just a thought sounds like you might not need lockers.. they money might be better spent elsewhere
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Built4thrashing
Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 11:30 pm Posts: 4972 Location: Dandenong .Vic
Vehicle: 1999 GV. Locked and Lifted
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 Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:10 pm |
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No Elockers for the sierra. Cant be done. something about not enough meat in the bearing caps to get them to fit.
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kenn
Joined: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:30 pm Posts: 1202 Location: Melbourne
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SuziBlu wrote: This does look nice, price includes HD axles http://www.kamdiffs.com/vehicles/suzuki/That thing looks friggin terrible, what is it with the English making everything look like a crappy land rover.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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pezz wrote: SuziBlu wrote: I very rarely use 4wd, thinking may as well, but also why. just a thought sounds like you might not need lockers.. they money might be better spent elsewhere I do a lot of off roading, find it a lot more fun in 2wd, in 4wd my car is no fun, it just goes and never stops. In 2wd I have come unstuck a coupe of times, a front and rear wheel in the air, pretty embarrassing when you boast that that car is unstoppable, doh. Lockers for me when the new diffs and suspension go in/on.
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henno

I live here!
Joined: Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 2439 Location: Brisbane
Vehicle: Which one?
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Lockers will make it even less fun, if it's already too easy to drive in 4wd.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 7:59 am |
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Insurance, blew a diff the other day, put her into 4wd and limped home, what if I did axles trying to get home, few thousand dollars on an insurance is pretty cheap I recon.
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5ierra
Joined: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:30 pm Posts: 1645 Location: Ipswich
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viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45019Just hope that the person buying danks diffs falls through and buy his. Probably cheaper and none of the work. haha.
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:45 am |
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I bought them, sweet as, timing was perfect.
Thanks for the heads up.
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Blkfxx

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Joined: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:11 pm Posts: 1105 Location: Oberon, NSW
Vehicle: Drover pickup turk
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5ierra wrote: http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45019
Just hope that the person buying danks diffs falls through and buy his. Probably cheaper and none of the work. haha. dank wrote: SuziBlu wrote: Dank,
Want the gears.
PM. Diffs sold thanks suziblu for being easy to deal with.
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Marko_SJ
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2012 1:40 am Posts: 2979 Location: Darwin, NT
Vehicle: WT sierra, GU CRD
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Blkfxx wrote: 5ierra wrote: http://www.auszookers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=45019
Just hope that the person buying danks diffs falls through and buy his. Probably cheaper and none of the work. haha. dank wrote: SuziBlu wrote: Dank,
Want the gears.
PM. Diffs sold thanks suziblu for being easy to deal with. No messin' around 
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SuziBlu
Joined: Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 4268 Location: Eyre Peninsula
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 Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:56 am |
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Thats it, he who hesitates is lost hey.
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Zookrider

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Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:35 pm Posts: 5
Vehicle: 91' Sierra GTI
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I've been running F&R ABR air lockers for a while, the rear one started leaking but still activated ok. Just used more air. I swapped the guts, with no changing of o rings etc. to another diff housing and it is flawless again. I'm pretty sure the old housing was a bit of a banana.
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