Air Lockers or Factory Lockers, and M8000 winch questions

[tazzuk]

After dealing with issues in front and rear arbs in 3 different trucks i would go with factory anyday, my brother abused his 80 series with 35s and factory lockers and never a problem, and that was alot of az crawling. The elockers are awesome and no need to change them.
http://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/654890-how-fast-do-your-lockers-engage-disengage.html
Heres some good info on elocker vs air locker

 

[nuclearlemon]

sounds like the arbs weren't setup correctly. were they new or older oring versions? the old orings were problematic. pighead and i both have arbs in pigs and they've been flawless (ok, well mine was flawless years ago before i downed that rig). i have e lockers in my 80 and have had to clock the rear once, plus with the course splines, it usually takes a bit to engage. i already have them now, so i wouldn't replace them, but if i buy another rig and it comes down to lockers or no, i'm good with putting in arbs.

 

[racerkit]

Hey Kevin,
Can you post some photos for your build and the installation of M8000? I was the guy in San Mateo who was one step too late buying your ARB non-winch bumper back in September. I am few steps behind you on my build, and now planning on bumper/winch as next mod. I'd like to see some photos of other member's winch bumper and winch. Thx.

 

[tazzuk]

sounds like the arbs weren't setup correctly. were they new or older oring versions? the old orings were problematic. pighead and i both have arbs in pigs and they've been flawless (ok, well mine was flawless years ago before i downed that rig). i have e lockers in my 80 and have had to clock the rear once, plus with the course splines, it usually takes a bit to engage. i already have them now, so i wouldn't replace them, but if i buy another rig and it comes down to lockers or no, i'm good with putting in arbs.

I had problems with the arb units themselves before install, bad products. I love the arbs but expected better quality.