ARB Locking Differential

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donald w. miller

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I ran across a Toronado owner interested in installing an ARB locker.

ARB might consider a special production run if there is enough interest.

This guy is trying to locate other interested Toro owners and asked me to
check with GMCMH owners.

This is an off road system and reputed to be very strong but I have no
experience with it.

ARB is a manual system totally controlled by the driver. A switch on the
dash uses air pressure to lock the two drive wheels together. When the
switch is off, the differential operates open, just as it does now.

The ARB carrier replaces the stock final drive ring gear carrier which
contains the spider gears.

The company site at http://www.arb.com.au/ is temporarily low on
information content but there is a good bit of ARB commentary on the off
road sites.

Any of you interested ?

Don Miller
75 Glennbrook
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
 
Donald,
Count me in as VERY interested. My driveway is so steep that I have to have
an assist about half the time to make it to the top with out spinning out.
Gary
'77 Kingsley
North Bend, Oregon Coast (VERY wet)

> I ran across a Toronado owner interested in installing an ARB locker.
>
> ARB might consider a special production run if there is enough interest.
>
> This guy is trying to locate other interested Toro owners and asked me to
> check with GMCMH owners.
>
> This is an off road system and reputed to be very strong but I have no
> experience with it.
>
> ARB is a manual system totally controlled by the driver. A switch on the
> dash uses air pressure to lock the two drive wheels together. When the
> switch is off, the differential operates open, just as it does now.
>
> The ARB carrier replaces the stock final drive ring gear carrier which
> contains the spider gears.
>
> The company site at http://www.arb.com.au/ is temporarily low on
> information content but there is a good bit of ARB commentary on the off
> road sites.
>
> Any of you interested ?
>
> Don Miller
> 75 Glennbrook
> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
 
Donald,
I'm going to lurk a little but would like to express more than a passing
interest.

Heinz

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Donald W. Miller
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 11:06 AM
Subject: GMC: ARB Locking Differential

>I ran across a Toronado owner interested in installing an ARB locker.
>
>ARB might consider a special production run if there is enough interest.
>
>This guy is trying to locate other interested Toro owners and asked me to
>check with GMCMH owners.
>
>
>This is an off road system and reputed to be very strong but I have no
>experience with it.
>
>ARB is a manual system totally controlled by the driver. A switch on the
>dash uses air pressure to lock the two drive wheels together. When the
>switch is off, the differential operates open, just as it does now.
>
>The ARB carrier replaces the stock final drive ring gear carrier which
>contains the spider gears.
>
>The company site at http://www.arb.com.au/ is temporarily low on
>information content but there is a good bit of ARB commentary on the off
>road sites.
>
>
>Any of you interested ?
>
>
>
>Don Miller
>75 Glennbrook
>Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
>
>
>
>
 
I will lurk also and might be interested with more knowledge of
price/performance/longevity.

Marcus

> Donald,
> I'm going to lurk a little but would like to express more than a passing
> interest.
>
> Heinz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donald W. Miller
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 11:06 AM
> Subject: GMC: ARB Locking Differential
>
> >I ran across a Toronado owner interested in installing an ARB locker.
> >
> >ARB might consider a special production run if there is enough interest.
> >
> >This guy is trying to locate other interested Toro owners and asked me to
> >check with GMCMH owners.
> >
> >
> >This is an off road system and reputed to be very strong but I have no
> >experience with it.
> >
> >ARB is a manual system totally controlled by the driver. A switch on the
> >dash uses air pressure to lock the two drive wheels together. When the
> >switch is off, the differential operates open, just as it does now.
> >
> >The ARB carrier replaces the stock final drive ring gear carrier which
> >contains the spider gears.
> >
> >The company site at http://www.arb.com.au/ is temporarily low on
> >information content but there is a good bit of ARB commentary on the off
> >road sites.
> >
> >
> >Any of you interested ?
> >
> >
> >
> >Don Miller
> >75 Glennbrook
> >Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
> >
> >
> >
> >
 
Yes. Very interested. Guesstimate. Darren

> I ran across a Toronado owner interested in installing an ARB locker.
>
> ARB might consider a special production run if there is enough interest.
>
> This guy is trying to locate other interested Toro owners and asked me to
> check with GMCMH owners.
>
> This is an off road system and reputed to be very strong but I have no
> experience with it.
>
> ARB is a manual system totally controlled by the driver. A switch on the
> dash uses air pressure to lock the two drive wheels together. When the
> switch is off, the differential operates open, just as it does now.
>
> The ARB carrier replaces the stock final drive ring gear carrier which
> contains the spider gears.
>
> The company site at http://www.arb.com.au/ is temporarily low on
> information content but there is a good bit of ARB commentary on the off
> road sites.
>
> Any of you interested ?
>
> Don Miller
> 75 Glennbrook
> Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
 
>I will lurk also and might be interested with more knowledge of
>price/performance/longevity.
>Marcus

Same here
Mike Finnicum
 
> Donald,
> Count me in, I'm also VERY interested.
>
> Manny 73 Custom/ex-Glacier
>

I'll be a cautious lurker too.

Henry
Henry Davis Consulting, Inc / new product consulting
PO Box 1270 / product readiness reviews
Soquel, Ca 95073 / IP reviews
ph: (408) 462-5199 / full service marketing
fax: (408) 462-5198
http://www.henry-davis.com/ http://www.henry-davis.com
 
Frank

Na!

Took her up to Alex's around Xmass for new rims. On way
back decided to see how well she'd run. Got her to 85 when
I decided to back off. Really suprized me. Still more
power but had a real bad vibration that started around 70.
Tired in bad need of a balance, plan to get them trued.
Even with vibration, she ran straight and true.

And all this with one wheel pulling! Not bad for 24 year
old coach.

But the two wheel "lock" is still interesting if not more
expensive than the coach. :)

Mike

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-gmcmotorhome
[mailto:owner-gmcmotorhome]On Behalf Of Frank Folkmann
Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 5:56 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: RE: GMC: ARB Locking Differential

Mike. .....You will need two to pull the strech......Frank

>From: "Mike Finnicum"
>To:
>Subject: RE: GMC: ARB Locking Differential
>Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:21:34 -0800
>Reply-To: gmcmotorhome
>
>
>>I will lurk also and might be interested with more knowledge of
>>price/performance/longevity.
>>Marcus
>
>
>Same here
>Mike Finnicum
>

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I also have a more then passing interest in the locking differential.
Reliability would be a primary concern.

Dan Winchester
78 Royal
 
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