ARB Locker in front axle
Hi All, My 2013 RAM 3500 4x4 DRW has an American Axle 235mm (9.25") front axle that by all accounts is open. The rear has limited slip. According to the ARB website, their RD197 will fit my fro...
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If ARB says it will fit your application I'd trust them. ARB is a well trusted name in the offroad community.
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ARB is the best locker you can get for a pavement pounder in the FRONT--if you need one. I Jeep'd for years, had 4 different Jeeps and a Zuk, and just recently got out of it (for now). I've had Detroits, Eaton, LockRight and OX Lockers.
Front lockers are usually very bad for on-road vehicles. You can't turn on pavement when locked. Try to, and you risk snapping your axle. ARB is completely open when it's off, completely locked when you need it.
Worst Passive/self engaging locker - Detroit. Never could trust when they would lock or unlock. I almost rolled my Jeep when it unexpectedly locked up send the rear end of my Jeep out from under me. Got stuck many times because they wouldn't lock up at slow/crawl speeds.
Best Passive - LockRight. They're backwards. They stay locked until they absolutely have to unlock, like turning a corner on pavement. For you, though, this is BAD for street rigs, great for off-road only rigs.
Eaton E-Locker - very bad at disengaging. You hit the switch to turn it off, it disengaged whenever it felt like it.
Ox Locker - Broke two of them.
ARB - NEVER broke one, 100% perfect operation free and locked. Hit the switch, they're locked. Hit it again, they're off. Never broke one. Did I mention I've never broke one?
With the exception of my Samurai with LockRight lockers, every rig I had I ended up putting ARB's in. They're expensive, but you get what you pay for. When the day comes you NEED to hit that switch, they're worth every penny.
