E locker vs air locker

[taslucas]

the e locker uses a lil motor to move the locking ring, its the same design they used in the ford 2 speed diff, i haven't had a chance to play with one yet, but if the motor does die (the older ones where pretty well sealed) you could manually turn the motor shaft and engage or disengage.
the arb air lockers are prone to leak, but the sliding ring seal has been revised, the biggest problems is people dont use them enough and as such the seal goes hard. they are an easy fix, i did 1 in 5 years.
the lsd in the patrols are very good as macca pointed out.
at the end of the day its up to you, i personally prefer air lockers, as air isnt affected by water. slow leak? run a tank. and depending where ur wheeling, you can have problems finding parts for a detroit.
hope this helps

Yeah as kallen has posted, e lockers use an electro magnet to lock. So no chance of the motor dying. I like the idea because:
1, if you break the wire you can simply join it back together(try doing that with an air line)
2, if the engine isn't putting 12volts to the locker then you've got bigger things to worry about than locking the wheels.
3, most people carry jumper packs and jumper leads these days so getting power isn't that hard.
4, far less things to go wrong, ie: no compressor just two wires and a switch.



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