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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: fordem on June 19, 2011, 12:06:19 PM
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I came across this yesterday - I've never seen it mentioned here, so I don't know if you folks are aware of it.
Kaiser Lockers (http://www.kaiserlocker.com/en/)
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I couldn't find a price or even a distributor, the company is in Brazil
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Pretty interesting design. I wonder how the street manners are compared to the lunchbox lockers.
As far as price, since it comes with a new carrier, I would bet it would start around $400-$500.
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Sold out, but I found a price at least:
http://store.expeditioneers.com/samurai.html (http://store.expeditioneers.com/samurai.html)
People have been happy with them though, there is a good discussion over in I8Mud forum:
http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/378609-kaiser-locker.html (http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/378609-kaiser-locker.html)
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Yep, the price of an ARB diff. Except with the ARB you still need the pump, have air line reliability issues, engagement fun etc.
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Never had any air line reliability issues with my ARB's. 4 years running.
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I think it all depends on where you wheel. Here in NE OK we have a lot of wooded, muddy trails & low water crossings with small sticks/logs that tend to get stuck up in the undercarriage. I've seen fuel lines ripped out, plastic fuel filters broken etc, Of course, it was all on Jeeps. ;). Although I have had branches lodged between the body/frame etc.
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I've wheeled my Tracker in lots of nasty conditions, New Jersey wetlands being only one of the places, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Tennessee, NC, Pennsylvania, NY, and I'm probably forgetting a few, but when I set up my air lockers I payed attention to careful routing of the airlines, and covered them with plastic conduit, the kind used for wiring. Really, if set up well, Air Lockers are completely reliable. jmo.
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I imagine the wiring conduit helps to protect it to a good degree. I'm actually seriously considering put in an ARB locker in the rear of one of my DD Samurais so it's not like I'm totally against them. I just wish there was an electric locker or some other alternative to the ARB and various lunchbox designs. I realize that there is that one mechanical design from the UK too, but the plastic diff cover and housing mods aren't exactly plusses.
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Plastic diff cover? Are you referring to the Kam (http://www.kamdiffs.com/index.php) locker?
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The KAM locker:
http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=277 (http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=277)
http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=278 (http://www2.izook.com/?page_id=278)
Not exactly plastic. :)
Huh, it mentions they are looking at releasing a limited slip for the Samurai. I wonder if it ever came out.
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It's been a long time since I looked at it. It looked plastic-like so that's how I remember it as. ;)
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Well well....it looks like my memory wasn't bad afterall. According to the instructions, the original came with a polycarbonate (plastic) cover, part SU1. ;)
http://www.kamdiffs.com/images/SUZ-DIIF-LOCK-FIT-V1.7-03-07.pdf (http://www.kamdiffs.com/images/SUZ-DIIF-LOCK-FIT-V1.7-03-07.pdf)
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why cant we get a wireless electric yet? that would be sweet! and maybe Yukon will make a Suzuki zip locker soon. theres already Toyota ones out but no love for Suzuki guys....yet.
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Not enough money in the Suzuki market. Many Suzuki owners are so cheap, they rather weld up their spider/sidegears.
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why cant we get a wireless electric yet? that would be sweet! and maybe Yukon will make a Suzuki zip locker soon. theres already Toyota ones out but no love for Suzuki guys....yet.
Just add a 9 volt. :D
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If an electric locker was available for the Trackicks when I got my ARB's I probably woulda gone that route. Less crap to stuff in the engine bay, like the compressor. But at least I can air up tires with it when needed, or use it to blow water out places it shouldn't have got into. :P The air lines do add a bit of complexity and another thing to fail, but I still believe that in the long run, they are quite reliable. I did finally burn up a compressor motor, but ARB USA gave me their new upgraded compressor, complete, at their cost. That was after 4 years of use. That's pretty damn good customer service.