Diff lockers

G'day Ian,

I have had an air locker in the rear diff of my aging but trusty Cruiser for about 18 years now.
Works fine, excellent on uneven surfaces, crawling over rocks, washaways or anywhere that causes the vehicle to lift a wheel completely off the ground. It allows me to use a lot less throttle and speed. Not much difference in sand with it locked or not.
It started leaking a bit of air through the seals a few years ago when engaged. I replaced the pissy little compressor that came with it with a much larger unit a while back. Too lazy to pull the diff out and replace the seals.....lol. Yeah, I know, one day. That old one was way too slow pumping tyres back up anyway.
If I was to do the exercise again I would probably go the electrically operated units just to avoid the leaking seal issue.

Cheers
Pop

Hi Ian A7,
I have an ARB locker in the rear of my 80 had it for over 15 years now and very happy with it. Also means that I have a compressor with me all the time if needed, also carry another one that is larger to normally pump up tyres after letting them down. Just nice to have a back up if one fails, also have a 9lt air tank under floor as well, all works great.
David

ARB had the market for a long time, and air lockers are still a good thing, but Eaton have taken a good thing and made it better with less parts and less things to break or leak.
I haven't heard of an issue with an e locker.

I have a rear arb locker on my 1975 hj75 troopy. Only problem was when a tree branch ripped out the pipe. Easily fixed but a nuisance at the time.

I have f&r eaton lockers on my 100 series and have the wiring well out of the way. They work and have given no problems.

Cheers

I have 3 x electric activated locks. Centre, rear, front.
That decide when they feel like operating. Pressing the switch does not engage them, it tells the computer that I want to engage them. Sometimes computer says NO. Even when I am stationary. Even when I rock back and forth. Even when I move forward slowly. Even when I follow the **** manual. I guess computer knows best? Go the air, or direct switched electric.

I chose a front eLocker.
I went eLocker just because of the air leak problems reported with the ARB air lockers. Other than leaks the ARB air lockers are very tough and used extensively.

The eLocker by all reports is also tough. I have had it in the front now for 3 years with no problems. I chose to leave the LSD in the rear. I feel that most of the time the LSD is all that is required but when the going gets tough and I need that last metre pull to get over a hill the front diff locker does the trick.

They are a bit stiff to drive with and a choice of only one I would again put it into the front. You would need to ask others what it is like to drive tracks with rear diff locker engaged. I think it might be a bit 'directional'.

Cheers

Serendipity

I have run both.

I currently run e-lockers front and rear and will stick with these when I upgrade the vehicle.

Same reasons as previously mentioned by others:

1. Air leaks
2. Over pressurisation of diffs.
3. Compressor issues
4. Damage to airlines and connectors.

Cheers

Anthony