offroader difflocks ??

[poss682]

any thoughts or experiences with these diff locks as looking at putting one in the rear of my terrano
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/car-par ... 306629.htm
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =548256199

[churchill]

That's a good price for one of those. You get what you pay for, had to clean and deburr mine and had an intermittent seal leak but heaps cheaper than an arb. Wouldn't use it for competition and would recommend a mechanically minded owner.

[poss682]

what did you have your locker in and how long? front or rear? how hard was it to install ?

[churchill]

The locker was in the front of a Vitara V6. The install was tricky because it was designed for a different kind of diff but if I had the right diff it wouldn't be to tricky. You will need to have a bit of mechanical sense, a DTI and some way to measure the bearing pre load (for a complete job). Its worth stripping it down and cleaning it as they come dirty from the factory.

[poss682]

so you didn't have any issues with the locker once installed how long have you had it how hard did you push it any videos of it working ??

[1000dollamitzy]

Looks like the same ones that I put in Peppe (89, V6 Pajero) out of a crowd in China called Lange Machinery from memory.

I put in front and rear (obviously different part numbers to the ones advertised however) and have had no problems with them at all.

Frankie the wonder mechanic installed mine, there was a couple of issues when they went in with the offset or something being not quite correct and also something minor with the air lines not fitting correctly, but everything was easily solved apparently.

Definately pull them to bits and clean them out though, mine were full of crap too.

They are a knock off of the older ARB stuff when i got mine a couple of years ago.

[Sadam_Husain]

theres no way I'd ever use those chinese things mate but having said that theres a lot of people using them and I cant say I know of anyone thats had one fail or had major problems with them

[churchill]

The Vitara's have weak running gear so after blowing the front diff with the locker in I was pretty gentle with it after that. The locker did get bent with the diff break but only slightly and still worked.
The first install gave me a few air leaking issues (leaked 1 in 10 locks) but went better after the second install (leaked 1 in 20 locks). When it leaked I cycled it a few time whilst driving forward and it fixed itself.
The compressor valve rusted out after 1.5 years but I made a replacement from a feeler gauge and it's still going now.
I've read ARB's suffer the same seal leak issue from time to time but I suspect the compressors are better quality.

[Pedro]

theres no way I'd ever use those chinese things mate but having said that theres a lot of people using them and I cant say I know of anyone thats had one fail or had major problems with them

i got Chinese diffs, only issue I have had in about 2yrs use is seal on front slip rings leaked, and also the actuating piston was replaced, ARB parts fitted striaght in
had issues fitting with run out, swarf, lock rings not fitting (to long) but got them in and working, go in and out happily, rear very easily, front is getting better
end of the day, if you can afford the ARB go that way, if you dont mind the challenge of getting and fitting, then chinese

Pedro

[poss682]

what happened when you blew the front diff up what broke exactly any picks

[churchill]

The housing around the pinion bearings broke, standard Vitara front diff brake point.

This isn't mine but it broke at the same point.
http://forum.difflock.com/viewtopic.php?p=95325&sid=1ee5d53b35dcc1a8e8d5a6481a28c095