ARB
Locker Features:
- Provides 100%
traction on demand without affecting on road
drivability or driveline wear
- Vastly improved
traction means less reliance on momentum, thus
reducing the likelihood of vehicle
damage and environmental impact
- Easy, convenient
operation allows the user to concentrate on the
terrain without leaving the comfort and safety of
the driver’s seat
- Ultra durable and
extremely strong - only the highest quality
materials used in construction
- Incredibly simple
yet effective design that employs minimal moving
parts, thereby ensuring maximum reliability
- Thoroughly tested
and proven design – trusted and used in over 80
countries around the world
- Front and rear Air
Lockers available for most makes and models
- Two year warranty
guarantees the Air Locker will be free of defects in
materials
The
Air Locker design process involves exhaustive testing.
Computerized Finite Element Analysis (FEA) allows ARB to
subject each Air Locker design to "virtual" off road
simulations far more extreme than those encountered in
real life. Destructive laboratory testing is carried out
to ensure the strength of the Air Locker exceeds that of
the axles or other driveline components. Environmental
test cells subject prototype models to high (120ºC) and
low (-24ºC) temperature running conditions, as well as
harsh wheel-spin engagement for cycle durations of more
than 20,000 actuations. Finally, field-testing is
carried out in the harshest environments imaginable.
Once the design phase is complete, Air Lockers are
manufactured at our state-of-the-art facility in
Melbourne, Australia. Available for both front and rear
diffs, we have Air Lockers in over 100 configurations to
suit a wide range of vehicles around the world.
 The
world’s most highly regarded traction aid, an ARB Air
Locker is a driver controlled locking differential
originally designed to give serious 4 wheelers the
traction needed to combat extreme off road terrain. When
extra traction is required, the driver activates the Air
Locker via a convenient dash mounted switch. Pneumatic
pressure supplied by an on board air compressor engages
ARB’s patented locking mechanism within the Air Locker,
thus preventing the wheels from turning independently.
The Air Locker is deactivated by flicking a switch,
returning the differential to normal.
ARB Air Locker’s patented
design has proved ultra dependable, even in the most
arduous conditions. It’s strength lies in its simplicity
– minimal moving parts ensures maximum reliability. All
structural components are manufactured from aerospace
grades of high alloy steel, and where possible, we
increase the number of differential pinion gears to
distribute torque loads evenly. Many recent Air Locker
designs also utilize timed gear sets to further improve
strength, a design feature that has led to a second US
patent on the product.
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