crazycraig posted a question about arb's and detroits... i think a poll could be interesting in this........

this is a poll for detroits or arb's so piss off on the lunch box locker and the spool :flipoff2:

keep the votes to personal experience, not hearsay

What, no "I suck ass and run open diffs" option?

:D

(I fall into that category, BTW :flipoff2: )

Hey JeepGuy...You need to add "never had problems" with both...In 5 years of using f&r ARB's in my D90 I never had a single problem with them...And that's after poping about a 1/2 dozen axles and beirfields. Never a problem with the solenoids, sitches or blue lines (wraped in 3/8" fuel line)...

--D

what have i not broken would be easer to answer.......a crank shaft and a main shaft in my tranny are the only two parts of my rig left that i have not busted. but i am trying

Originally posted by camo
what have i not broken would be easer to answer.......a crank shaft and a main shaft in my tranny are the only two parts of my rig left that i have not busted. but i am trying


yeahh well your not included in this poll........ :flipoff2: :D




and as for having no problems..... i didnt care bout that, i want to know who HAS had problems........ but thanks for your input :flipoff2: :D

I'm in a similar boat as camo. only driveline parts i haven't broken are the ARB and the rear axle that contains it. Isuzu 12 bolts are beefy.

Dallas

Flawed poll :p

There is no option for people who have broken both - which one would they chose?
There is no option for people who have broken neither.

Personally, I have seen in excess of 12 Detroit lockers die inf front of my very own eyes. ARB's - I guess I have seen 2 fail - one being my own :p

Originally posted by DRM
Flawed poll :p

There is no option for people who have broken both - which one would they chose?
There is no option for people who have broken neither.

Personally, I have seen in excess of 12 Detroit lockers die inf front of my very own eyes. ARB's - I guess I have seen 2 fail - one being my own :p



ok, maybe i should of put a broke both section...... but if you didnt break then i didnt care.... ive never heard of a detroit breaking.................... now we can go deeper too i mean either one would break quicker in a 35c clip, vs a 60.... i just want to know who has had problems with each one.... in general.... :p

I've broken the deroit in my buddies rear toy axle, and seen the detroit in a 14-bolt break.

never run a detroit, only arb's with no problems.

Why don;t you have ALL the lockers listed - DA!

Originally posted by 84xtracab
Why don;t you have ALL the lockers listed - DA!

because its my fawkin poll and i dont give a 2 focks bout the other lockers.... :D

" I don't give 2 focks... You kill me!!!!
I , yes me broke a no- spin (detroit) in an old eaton. EXPLODED it.

i had the Old model 9" ARB that leaked but ARB recalled them all and re did my seal, it has no leaked in about 3 years

Originally posted by Aggro
" I don't give 2 focks... You kill me!!!!
I , yes me broke a no- spin (detroit) in an old eaton. EXPLODED it.


:D :smokin:

Hey Rob, Can I vote 7 times? :D

Oh yea tommy asked me to tell you he needs his trailer to haul some junk.

2 HD trac bar brackets...im on my third and have a spare one with me at all times

Heck, I couldnt afford either of those lockers, so I am out of the poll :rolleyes:

And neither had problems,i went Detroit for less shit to go wrong. so I didn't vote

Rob

No problems with the front ARB in the three years it has been there. The rear has only been in there 6 months so I can't really comment on how it has held up.

two ARB's... one in front, one in back.

no problems with ARB's.. (the one I melted seems to be working fine after its rebuild)

now the pump valves... thats a different story....One spits oil onto the bottom of the hood. how it gets from my axil to the valve I have noooooo idea... and the other leaks air.

I had several detroits of which ive broke its usually a side gear , I hate them them produce to much slack in the drive line / I now have arb's f&r and love them and have not had a problem with them for over 1 1/2 years go arb. Plus arb will stand behind there product where i have had problems (several) with tractech:D :D :D

Originally posted by coachgeo3
two ARB's... one in front, one in back.

no problems with ARB's.. (the one I melted seems to be working fine after its rebuild)

now the pump valves... thats a different story....One spits oil onto the bottom of the hood. how it gets from my axil to the valve I have noooooo idea... and the other leaks air.


Um, you have a broken ARB, the seals are gone. You also get to vote broken ARB now!


As for me, I have run Lockrights and Detroits for 6 years with no failures yet.

Originally posted by coachgeo3
two ARB's... one in front, one in back.

no problems with ARB's.. (the one I melted seems to be working fine after its rebuild)

now the pump valves... thats a different story....One spits oil onto the bottom of the hood. how it gets from my axil to the valve I have noooooo idea... and the other leaks air.

A friend had a similar problem, and it was because he had no diff breathers, and the heat in the axle built up pressure and pushed the oil up the arb lines.

Originally posted by KrustyKruiser


A friend had a similar problem, and it was because he had no diff breathers, and the heat in the axle built up pressure and pushed the oil up the arb lines.

hmmmm think Ill check my breathers first...

my arb only emets oil only when engaged.. usally seems to happen at lock on... or lock off but not while running with it locked

and ohhhhh gooodddddyyyyy I get to vote now.