79bonanza
1/2 ton status
I've been looking and reading and just to double check with what I already been reading, but is the arb air locker the only selectable locker option for a 14 bolt.
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14 bolt selectable locker
- Thread starter 79bonanza
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I installed one . went easy .
just checked Yukon zip lockers . . nope on 14ff yet .
just checked Yukon zip lockers . . nope on 14ff yet .
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
See that just seems so stupid to me that no one else besides arb is making a selectable locker for the 14 bolt.
I mean if you wheel a GM hard odds are you're running a 14 bolt with some kind of locker.
Im wanting to run two selectable lockers. I like the electric eaton locker for my front 10 bolt, I was hoping to just have a matching rear for the 14 but I guess it's arb or nothing
I mean if you wheel a GM hard odds are you're running a 14 bolt with some kind of locker.
Im wanting to run two selectable lockers. I like the electric eaton locker for my front 10 bolt, I was hoping to just have a matching rear for the 14 but I guess it's arb or nothing
most guys just run full Detroit . 
I play snow a lot my self when I can and like my open diff till I need full locked . why I went arb in my 60 frt and 14ff rear .
I play snow a lot my self when I can and like my open diff till I need full locked . why I went arb in my 60 frt and 14ff rear .
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
Yeah I'm sure detriot lockers are great and strong but I just don't like the feel of a detriot. The loading and unloading and tire cherp and dragging. I'm just picky like that.
Everything I read says arb is super strong and reliable, it's just the air operated part that makes me doubt their durability. Idk why
Everything I read says arb is super strong and reliable, it's just the air operated part that makes me doubt their durability. Idk why
beags86
Eastbound and Down
No problems with the arb stuff. They have been around ALONG time. I wouldn't doubt the durability of the locker itself. More like the compressor and air lines.
hmmmm..... besides the tire chirping (most so when aired down, not so much aired up unless I WANT it to chirp) I can't really tell I have a locker. Truck drives good. What size tire?
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
Yeah true. I think maybe if I seen one up close I'd be more trusting
79bonanza
1/2 ton status
K85- prolly 35" tire max
yea, my experience with Detroit Lockers is much the same. don't even know they're there until you need it... mine are in Suburbans though, and Detroits seem to work better in longer wheelbases.
I think wheelbase helps the most, but also tire size. The smaller tires probably complain more. Dunno, my blazer does fine on 38s.
But, a selectable would be worth the money if you drive your rig on the street more. I drive mine to every park or trail (except Moab) and sometimes to work, so extra tire wear really isn't an issue.
But, a selectable would be worth the money if you drive your rig on the street more. I drive mine to every park or trail (except Moab) and sometimes to work, so extra tire wear really isn't an issue.
There are some differing Techniques from what we're used to coming around now too that play into the "selectable" locker game.
If you can only do one selectable locker and one automatic type do the selectable in the rear and the automatic in the front. This is kind of backwards from what was done even just a few years ago.
Years ago we all saw a rig that was locked up front and rear just push the front tires through a turn. We all then decided that it was because the front tires were locked and turning at the same rate side to side and this caused the push. So we put selectable lockers in the front and saw minor improvements in the turning and thought we did the right thing. Keep in mind we didn't have good selectable locker options for really any full size rig axles. 14b specifically.
Fast forward to now when we have the option to run an ARB in the 14b and really any axle that is able to live in the rear of a trail rig. We now want to leave the front locked and unlock the rear. This keeps the rear tires from pushing through a turn and allows the fronts to help pull in the direction their pointed. This method works much better than the previous method.
I have a lot of time with ARB stuff now and have to say that the air side of it is really reliable. The electric side is where most of the issues I've seen come about, and a lot of those issues are on the installation side not the actual ARB provided stuff. Through the course of time I have moved away from most of the provided ARB wiring and switches and now have and highly recommend running just the compressor with the wiring and using air switches for the actual locker actuation. This eliminates one more thing in the system and just keeps it easy. Also if you plumb in a port for an air chuck you can back feed the system at the compressor with an outside air source and run the lockers as normal.
If you can only do one selectable locker and one automatic type do the selectable in the rear and the automatic in the front. This is kind of backwards from what was done even just a few years ago.
Years ago we all saw a rig that was locked up front and rear just push the front tires through a turn. We all then decided that it was because the front tires were locked and turning at the same rate side to side and this caused the push. So we put selectable lockers in the front and saw minor improvements in the turning and thought we did the right thing. Keep in mind we didn't have good selectable locker options for really any full size rig axles. 14b specifically.
Fast forward to now when we have the option to run an ARB in the 14b and really any axle that is able to live in the rear of a trail rig. We now want to leave the front locked and unlock the rear. This keeps the rear tires from pushing through a turn and allows the fronts to help pull in the direction their pointed. This method works much better than the previous method.
I have a lot of time with ARB stuff now and have to say that the air side of it is really reliable. The electric side is where most of the issues I've seen come about, and a lot of those issues are on the installation side not the actual ARB provided stuff. Through the course of time I have moved away from most of the provided ARB wiring and switches and now have and highly recommend running just the compressor with the wiring and using air switches for the actual locker actuation. This eliminates one more thing in the system and just keeps it easy. Also if you plumb in a port for an air chuck you can back feed the system at the compressor with an outside air source and run the lockers as normal.
