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I think they also have a comp version
They do. That’s what we run in our race bronco. The RD99/CE iirc. The CE stands for Campbell Enterprises because Shannon showed ARB how to fix their product line. It isn’t cheap. We still have broken a few but our breaks have never been the locker all by itself breaking. Busted shafts or bent housings every broken ARB.
I'm running a 3.0 geared 9" with my portals . A lot of people are running yukon zip lockers over the ARB. They seem to be holding up quite a bit better for those running 35 spline or larger shafts.
Think of all the money you are saving not buying bling shafts/u-joints or RCV's. 5k for 2 comp lockers doesn't seem all that ridiculous.Yes, but that's $2500 for 1 locker
I get that cheap and portals don't exactly go together, but $5k for 2 lockers is still a hard pill to swallow.
Or why H1s run AMC20s.I was more thinking why guys run Toyota diffs with H1's.
If you're on a budget welded stock 3rds would get you started
LMAO, budget with outers that cost 10k per axle, stop dreaming.I was more thinking why guys run Toyota diffs with H1's.
If you're on a budget welded stock 3rds would get you started
I heard CA = Competition Edition.
It’s CE, and maybe I’m making that up because I know where they came from. But the RD99CE revision came from Shannon Campbell and Bill Baird.
This has been disproven many times.
I'd like to see that.
I think Tbus makes bolt on samurai portals
ERM4x4 (in France) does too.
I’d say the problem is fixed. But you can’t erase the negative memories of a first version from the people who suffered the failures.
maybe Tech Tim can give all the details, but i was under the impression that the improvements need to make the collar have better engagement (which is what was failing) was not possible because there physically was not room to resolve the issue. there was some collars made from super fancy materials that increased the durability but ultimately were a very expensive bandaid.
who is successfully running it? i went an expensive route on my rear axle because i had zero faith in the 9" arb. would have saved me a ton of headache and cash to the 249 "fixed" the 99 problems
Got halfway through reading this thread this morning and had that exact thought.
The 99CE. Several seasons no maintenance. Like I said we have broken them. See the carnage thread. But haven’t broken them like the original version where the collar broaches. The ones we’ve broken have been exploded 300 axle shafts taking them out
I was close to becoming a dealer, I had made a connection through my full-time job, the original parent company was a military supplier, and we are in the biz here at the shop. The initial buy was 2 full sets, I couldn't get any commitment from anyone for an additional purchase.
I am one of those people. My new build won't have a 9" because of the bad memories of the very old (circa 2000) ARB 9" I had in my last build that was eventually replaced with a spool. I'm not an ARB hater, the same 2000 era D44 ARB was flawless for nearly two decades with just oil changes.
maybe Tech Tim can give all the details, but i was under the impression that the improvements need to make the collar have better engagement (which is what was failing) was not possible because there physically was not room to resolve the issue. there was some collars made from super fancy materials that increased the durability but ultimately were a very expensive bandaid.
I get it. I actually am kind of a hater. I’ve spent so much money on ARB’s and have nothing to show for them in my crawlers. I had one in a Dana 60 that pissed me off so bad I traded it straight across for a spool. Totally solved my problem, traded $1,100 dollar locker for a $300 dollar spool and was happy about it. I do like having an ARB in a front axle though.
