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boss:
i cant really comment as i havnt used one or fitted one but i wouldnt go asfar as saying there thebest. The most used yes but if you look at various forums you will see people who are having problems engaging/disengaging them. I payed 600 quid for a set of mogs, with lockers, with shafts and you get the portal drop box too. Is it land cruser axles that come with front and rear electric diff locks? Cant remember but there always on ebay cheaper than an arb.

clbarclay:
Its the UK spec 80 series Toyota Landcruisers that all came with electric axle difflocks and the same diff offset as land rovers.


One of the advantages of the ARB is compatability with LR axles. No need for chopping, welding or custom half shafts  etc. Once its built up in a diff carrier its a fairly quick and easy bolt in job.
Boss, how is you mog axle conversion going?

Disco Matt:
Yep, the main reason for wanting an ARB would be that it'll keep more or less standard LR components in the rest of the axles, so if (for example) a wheel bearing goes bad I won't have to hunt around for a replacement as I would if I changed to a Toyota axle. Plus by the time I'd paid someone to make the Toyota axle fit I suspect the ARB would be ahead on price.

boss:
cost is all relitive to your skills. i have no idea how much it would cost for a mechanic to fit an arb, seing as you have to tap the axle casing and you get some right idiots out there there was a picture that some bloke posted on lr4x4 where his local mech fitted the arb and the air line wasrouted through the diffpan!





mogs are going...ok i guess. just waiting for people. i would be welding/fabbing tabs up now but "some one" or would you prefer "they" is/are mking a spidertrax style axle housing witch will give me an extra 3" diff clearance and save 15kgs :shocked: all the mog hardware will just bolt in/on. dont really want to start to much before i hear about those. there is also a disk conversion which has a landrover studpattern and uses TD5 discovery brake disks and brembo callipers. there just having difficulty in mounting the callipers safely/propperly at the moment. but i have my name on a set of all of the above :dance:

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