bill van snorkle Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Can someone help settle a friendly disagreement on the construction of ARB locker carriers? I was of the opinion they are cast nodular/SG iron, whilst my opponent swears they are machined from steel billets. Anyone here know the answer for certain? I stand to lose a shilling if I'm wrong. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtrans Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 they are cast and regularly crack, ours are billet EN24T and don't !! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Thanks Dave. I knew yours are billet. In fact the disagreement came about in a discussion about the quality of the various difflocks on the market. Shame you don't make them for LandCruisers. There are a zillion over here and it's almost a case of one size fits all. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Read and fall about laughing ....ARBs finest castings : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.532110376831049.1073741826.262992553742834&type=1 Buy an Ashlocker, superior in everyway - and on the horror above the ashcroft CW&P survived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Read and fall about laughing ....ARBs finest castings : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.532110376831049.1073741826.262992553742834&type=1Buy an Ashlocker, superior in everyway - and on the horror above the ashcroft CW&P survived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nige Thanks Nige, but gee was it only yesterday that you posted this? I've already been kicked off 2 other 4wd forums for supplying your and Daves evidence that ARBs are carp, to Ostriches (head in sand and all that) that refuse to acknowledge the facts! And these were on threads that I didn't personally start ! I've only got here and Pirate left, as I've burned all my other bridges over the years. I must be a stubborn disagreeable son of a gun LOL. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Read and fall about laughing ....ARBs finest castings : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.532110376831049.1073741826.262992553742834&type=1Buy an Ashlocker, superior in everyway - and on the horror above the ashcroft CW&P survived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nige Who broke that, some skills there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Thanks Nige, but gee was it only yesterday that you posted this? I've already been kicked off 2 other 4wd forums for supplying your and Daves evidence that ARBs are carp, to Ostriches (head in sand and all that) that refuse to acknowledge the facts! And these were on threads that I didn't personally start !I've only got here and Pirate left, as I've burned all my other bridges over the years. I must be a stubborn disagreeable son of a gun LOL. Bill. Bill, the main reason we appreciate your posts so much is that you bring the truth, and nothing than the truth. Keep the truth coming! Daan PS: Although I have yet to prove your experience of Detroits being garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Bill, good question. Although I am not a trained metallurgist but this is what my work experience tells me. In its true sense cast iron is and was always a primitive method of forming shapes from iron. By its very nature its varying chemical composition and its unavoidable lack of carbon restriction mean that it is often structurally flawed, and is particularly susceptible to shear stress. To avoid this cast objects tended to be fairly bulky/heavy. Similarly billets of steel/iron were effectively big lumps of ferrous material from a blast furnace which require secondary processing, for example rolling/ annealing/ re-rolling to form Mild Steel plate, sheet, channel, angle etc.... On the other hand, steel in all its modern varied form is a very sophisticated product which is specifically produced with a particular designed chemical composition and mechanical values to achieve a particular specification. This can range from free machining steels for toolmakers to high strength low weight steels (HSLA steels) which work harden during pressing. So for instance a seat belt anchor on a car can be reduced from say 4mm thick to 2.5mm thick and have the same structural strength but a reduced weight, which is why Range Rovers and Discos are able to shed weight to meet future mpg requirements. Similarly the steel used originally in series 1and 2 Landys bears no relation to the steel used in the chassis in modern Landys. Steel production in the late 40`s/ 50`s was a very different time. Think its time to stop because I sound like I am in anorak mode Cheers Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Hardly - you were just getting going ! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Great post Barry, thanks. However if I had earlier linked your post to one of the afore mentioned forums in particular, you would have heard the sound of heads exploding from here to all the way there in Shropshire. I mean I am talking THICK here. So thick they make Hillbilly Rednecks look like Einsteins. According to statistics that I have just made up, there has recently been a sharp spike in the per capita purchases of banjo's here in Australia. I'm not a Trekky, but WTF is Scotty when you need him? The average IQ here has gone in the same direction of the fortunes of the Aussie cricket team! Can you tell that I had left the link to this thread on that particular forum before my departure? LOL. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 It all seems a bit, well, un-achieving? like arguing which was best car in 1990, Lada or FSO They all seem to have dog clutches that need slow speed differences to engage? The ideal diff lock has a multi plate clutch in it instead. We're at the cheap end where it's all a bit of a compromise in a standard OE axel case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studmuffin Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Great post Barry, thanks. However if I had earlier linked your post to one of the afore mentioned forums in particular, you would have heard the sound of heads exploding from here to all the way there in Shropshire. I mean I am talking THICK here. So thick they make Hillbilly Rednecks look like Einsteins.According to statistics that I have just made up, there has recently been a sharp spike in the per capita purchases of banjo's here in Australia. I'm not a Trekky, but WTF is Scotty when you need him? The average IQ here has gone in the same direction of the fortunes of the Aussie cricket team! Can you tell that I had left the link to this thread on that particular forum before my departure? LOL. Bill. LOL Bill. Strictly between us I am embarrassed to admit that I sometimes get called on to play banjo for money in my other job. In terms of IQ we are usually ranked just behind drummers which believe me is well down the food chain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 nuffin wrong that I can see here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Detachable -they're all like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Detachable Love it n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 KoV carnage per chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Nope, From the "Oooo F" ..........Kept that for the "Why you should Peg your Diff Sir " display cabinet at Shows !!! N Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Well luckily I didn't have that issue at kov, means I wasn't trying hard enough lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 Well luckily I didn't have that issue at kov, means I wasn't trying hard enough lol You were probably just lucky Mike. But I wouldn't bother buying lottery tickets for a while until your good luck allowance has been recharged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLineMike Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 ive had my run with ARB's suitably peeved with them that even though they are all shiny & new, they will be coming out & being replaced with Ashcroft lockers, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Bill, you do realise you're sadly missed on AULRO, plenty of blokes would love to see you poke your head back in there occasionally too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 Bill, you do realise you're sadly missed on AULRO, plenty of blokes would love to see you poke your head back in there occasionally too Thankyou Rick, but I couldn't continue there after a disagreement with management/mods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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