utroda's Tacoma (LT, Lckd, 35s) & FJ40 Build (In Progress)

how come the tmj rear locker but arb front?

 

The rear ARB has issues with the O-rings failing over time, sending oil into the air lines and up to the compressor.

 

oh geez really? Does the tmj perform just as well?

 

Yeah, it was working great until my carrier failed and put metal and bearings all over and wouldn't let me disengage it. This was my first trip with it, so can't really give a full opinion until more use. Taking the third back to nitro gear and axle tomorrow.

 

I have this exact issue. Put a nozzle on the breather of the compressor and now oil sprays into a catch can hahahaha. It will stop working one of these days I'm sure

 

I would love to see a video of that, i've never actually seen it person, just heard about from people.

 

DaFuq?!?!?

Never heard of this...

I have a front ARB and Rear OEM.

 

yeah, i didn't really start to hear about it until last year. If you look around on the google, there are threads on other forums with people having this issue.

 

Better warranty it

 

Need 2 people for a video, but you get the idea haha. Just a baby food jar with a some JB weld and a plastic fitting.



You can kind of see a teaspoon or 2 of gear oil in there

 

pretty slick fix

 

Pretty sure I'm swapping in an 80 rear at some point, otherwise I'd pull the diff and fix it.

 

for sure, i just like to see ghetto fixes from time to time, look at my rain gutter/air intake haha.

 

I need to do something like this. Mine mists a little oil on my fender. I even blew out the air line to clear it, but after time the little drips of oil make it's way back.

 

I wonder if you could use something like air/oil/water separator?

 

yeah, i'll post what they say, its just sad that only 4 weeks after install the third broke.

 

I'm sure it's possible but I would want a small little container because it only mists a little bit of oil when disengaging the locker. It's not really vaporized oil, it's actually drips of oil from the air line that gets burped out of the solenoid. Pretty irritating.
I had a convo with Chase from ECGS and he said that it's common with my "sport" 8.4 diff. He reassured me that it's nothing to worry about and that I should just blow out my air line once or twice a year. My rear locker system holds air indefinitely in my garage, but the compressor will kick on for a split second when wheeling and the diff is warm. I think when that happens, that's when a drip is burping out of the diff into the air line. I also rechecked my diff breather (and it's totally clear) to make sure that it's not blocked and letting pressure build inside the diff.

 

McMaster part number for the compressor side

 

Awesome, thank you!

 

Got to check this bad bitch out again, dropped of the rear third for warranty work at nitro gear. They also had one of those earth roamers in parking lot, those things are huge.