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stx4wheeler
10-30-2007, 09:42 PM
i have found a fairly good deal ona used arb locker, since i come from he land where the welded diff reigns supreme, is there anything i need to look for as far as being broken, or questions i should ask the seller. he bought it from a friend that had it in a jeep and since moved to one tons. Supposedly has about 1k miles or so on it but that could be a lot of wheeling triips if it was atrail only rig? Also, what do you all feel is he best way to run them, compressed air, arb pump, etc?
AggieTJ2007
10-30-2007, 10:12 PM
compressed air from either a york or another source. You just have to make sure that you have a regulator for the arb as more than 90? PSI will blow out the seals.

Put pressure to it and see if it works, they are pretty easy to rebuild/ fix if anything goes wrong if its that good of a deal
stx4wheeler
11-10-2007, 09:33 PM
http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/media/582378

here are some pics for it, anyone see anything bad besides a little surface rust
william_ace
11-14-2007, 05:48 PM
you gonna get it
stx4wheeler
11-15-2007, 07:31 PM
yeah we worked out a deal for it i got it shipped for about 300 bucks less than the shipped price for a new one.
stx4wheeler
02-02-2008, 09:38 AM
alright looking at another deal on a used arb already in a setup third member how do you all feel about running used gears in a mostly street rig? he is selling them for a friend and says his buddy ran the setup for at least a year, but he doesnt know who set them up. he thinks it was a reputable shop.
stx4wheeler
02-02-2008, 10:06 AM
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=652197

here is the thread
DRAGOONRANCH
02-02-2008, 11:06 AM
what does an arb cost to buy and setup? Even if the gears are not done real good, I would think that the locka would still be fine if you had to regear.
stx4wheeler
02-02-2008, 01:58 PM
arb is around 800 new, gears and install kit are prolly 300 or so, i think i am gonna buy it just looking at to get a few opinions before i commited.
DRAGOONRANCH
02-02-2008, 02:48 PM
As long as something doesn't grenade and take out the arb you should be alright. U keen do eet!!!!
AggieTJ2007
02-02-2008, 07:50 PM
looks like a good install, they took the time to redo the ARB line, work looks clean and alot better than 4wparts did on scotti's toyota arb's