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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: mudfkr on March 08, 2005, 05:40:54 PM
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Well Calmini came through the other week with my Anvil and 5.83 R&Ps that I've been waiting for so after a long discussion with myself ;) I decided to cough up for the front ARB to finish it off.
So I go down and order it and was told it's will have to come over from Aussie and will be about 4 days, no problem I say and go home grinning from ear to ear ;D
That is until I get the phone call to say theres only one RD88 locker in Aussie and ARB will have to retrieve it from the little 4x4 store out in the Boondocks then send it over so expect it to take a little longer. Oh well I think at least they are doing there best to get it here :-/.
Well Monday I get a call "there's a box on our counter with your name on it" ;D ;D
Unfortunately I was working on a mates Sammy (took the day off work to do it ;D) which is competing in the Superwinch tuff truck challenge over here and can't get down to pick it up until 4 PM. Now it's one of my favorite type boxes kinda like those ones with Calmini all over them 8)
So Tuesday we start to assemble the front diff, pinion shaft in,depth set... press bearings onto the ARB...... bolt the ring gear on ..... set the backlash.... plug work shop air into the locker to check it's all working. We placed the axles in and turned them to check it locking correctly and they are hard to turn and run kinda lumpy !!!!!! WTF ??? ???
So it's back to the shop with it where they agree some things not right and ring ARB, several calls exchanged latter and it's decided that ARB will just replace the whole thing but they have to build me another one next week and ship it out again :'( :'(
Man I was SO looking forward to wheeling it this week end as well !!!
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Mate it is well worth the wait, :-) I had to wait 4 weeks for it to arrive here in the UK, i was pulling my hair out.
all in now thou and runnning :-) big smiles all round
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I love my lockers ;D but I'm still waiting for my rear 5.83 :(
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Yeah CJ,
I think it's pay back for me doing the "look what I got -5.83's comment" the other week ;D
Well I can't even tell you how good the bloody 5.83s are cause I can't even drive the flaming thing !!!
Are well me and my big mouth
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ummmm 5.83s... Let me know what you think once your up and running , I wouldnt mind them to go with my setup :-)
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I was going to ask if you had the 5.83's Mark.
Don't worry I'll be sure to post pixs and a report of how it performs once she's going.
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I picked up 2 axles recently, with 5.83 R & Ps, ARBs front and rear, quickair 3 compressor, sun air tank, brand new solenoids, for....
1,000 UK pounds. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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that was a steal Nick.....
Shane,, I only run the 4:24 low box which is superb off road , just high range needs attention lol
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I've got the 5.83's and the 4.24, AND:
(http://img103.exs.cx/img103/6135/arbswitches1lm.jpg)
Life is good!
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When I got my front ARB, I also assemled the whole thing. Everything look great. Untill I tried to install the axils. It came with 22 side gears and I needed 26.
No problem, just SEND IT BACK!!! and they put the right ones in and I got it back a little latter.
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When I got my front ARB, I also assemled the whole thing.  Everything look great.  Untill I tried to install the axils.  It came with 22 side gears and I needed 26.
No problem, just SEND IT BACK!!! and they put the right ones in and I got it back a little latter.
Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining about their service they never even asked me to send the faulty one back they basically offered straight away to replace they whole unit rather than send out parts and take a chance that a set of side gears or the likes would fix it.
I'm more than happy with ARBs offer to replace it, just slightly pi$$ed that I'm waiting again.
Since October last year I have spent around NZ$6000 on parts/mods and managed to get probably 15 hrs wheeling out of it in between wait for sh!t to arrive so I'm just a little disappointed with not be able to wheel it this week end :(
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I've got the 5.83's and the 4.24, AND:
Life is good!
Bob, I happen to have 4.24, 5.83s and the exact same switches now just the one with front written on it doesn't do anything :-[.
Got a bucket dash too ;D
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Life is good .
Bet you havant got these red switches lol
(http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL617/2393799/5146682/84448653.jpg)
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I have a question,,,,,, ARB switch ,,
I have wired my switch so that the you press it up to lock the locker and down to unlock,,, when i lock the locker the light with the pci of a diff comes on,
The little light comes on when you switch the lights on , is that the way you guy have it
If you look at the pic its in the off position there,
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Yeah mines the same downs off, up's on. Lights up when headlights are on etc..
If you buy the ARB compressor it comes complete with wiring loom to run compressor and front/rear lockers.
I'm guessing you haven't got an ARB compressor then ? \
What ya red switches for ? spoties ??
I can go with out alot of things but NO STEREO WTF ???
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i run a truck air compressor witha 2L tank....
I have an MP3 player.. soon to add some speaker and a AMP , basically the CD player i had broke and i thought I may else well bin it as im bound to sink it .
Red switches do the compressor, one in the middle does the winch and yeah the front spots when they were attached.
going to change that soon once it warms up
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I should do the in-dash winch switch! I used a stock Sidekick 4-door rear-window defroster switch to power my rock lights. The connector for it is in the dash harness, so it's a "plug and go" deal - works great!
I also have a pressure gauge for my air tank (I put a 2.5 gallon Sun tank between the frame rails under where the back seat is) - it's in the hole where the cigarette lighter was.
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I like your switch position Bob, Mine is in the middle to give the co driver something to do .
I will have to ordr me a ARB compressor switch to match the other one, maybe later in teh year i will replace my locrite with a rear ARB
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Oh, I see you've got the Black Button! I have one of those on my 4-door.
The rumor has it, that if you're in heavy traffic, and you press the black button, the vehicle in front of you will be instantaneously transported back to where they started their trip. Use it carefully!
(http://img64.exs.cx/img64/6121/blackbutton5cb.jpg)
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it that not AC climate control bob, or make the outside go cold the inside warm :-)
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it that not AC climate control bob, or make the outside go cold the inside warm :-)
No, I'm talking about that black button, where your A/C switch is, if you HAVE A/C! My 4-door doesn't have A/C, so I have that stupid little black "hole filler" button, too!
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Oh, I see you've got the Black Button!  I have one of those on my 4-door.
The rumor has it, that if you're in heavy traffic, and you press the black button, the vehicle in front of you will be instantaneously transported back to where they started their trip.  Use it carefully!
([url]http://img64.exs.cx/img64/6121/blackbutton5cb.jpg[/url])
I have it too in mine and it works great!!! ;D especially in traffic jams ;D
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It's not the turbo boost button like one would have in Knight Rider?
(You can't leap frog over traffic?)
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Well after a few more problems (which I won't bother going into ::)) I finally got my front ARB installed with the 5.83's.  ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm wrapped with the new gears and combined with the front ARB it's hard to even explain how much of a difference it's made so I'll just wait and post some pics later instead  ;D
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Well looks like I have more ARB woes :o.
The R/H stub axle has started to move out, Now I have to explain the rest of the story first. In brief it goes like this.
The locker that was coming from the out back was fitted and found to be faulty. Very hard to turn the axles and very lumpy so back we go to see the local agent. He say's "yep this is not right" and contacts ARB Aussie immediately who say they will run one with the next batch in about a month or so.
Local agent argues on my behalf that this is BS and not good enough, so ARB say they will get one out in a week. So I'm happy enough with that and wait patiently. Well then the frickin carrier loses it and it never arrives.
So the NZ agent then gets involved and replaces my RD 88 (26 spline Vitara front) that I ordered with an RD72 (Sammy 26 spline rear) and says it will be fine, OK then we fit it and it's not 100% smooth to turn but better than the last one and they (ARB Aussie) assure me that it's only the thrust washers with a bit of machining burrs on them and they will wear in quickly so with that I'm to keep an eye on it - like real frickin close eye too ( hint of sarcasm here, that I'm not overly happy with there explanation of why it's lumpy and tight ;)) . Then Today I drain the oil to check for any crap and rotate axles to see if it's improved with a few hours wheeling and I notice the R/H stub axle has moved away from the housing by about 3/8" WTF ??? ???
Hmmm......... so I've been thinking that seems it's a rear locker theres no recess for the front axle clips to seat in and thats why it's moved out. Any other ideas ??
Pic from test run yesterday.....
(http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/10/web/430000-430999/430421_12_full.jpg)