Well looks like I have more ARB woes
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The R/H stub axle has started to move out, Now I have to explain the rest of the story first. In brief it goes like this.
The locker that was coming from the out back was fitted and found to be faulty. Very hard to turn the axles and very lumpy so back we go to see the local agent. He say's "yep this is not right" and contacts ARB Aussie immediately who say they will run one with the next batch in about a month or so.
Local agent argues on my behalf that this is BS and not good enough, so ARB say they will get one out in a week. So I'm happy enough with that and wait patiently. Well then the frickin carrier loses it and it never arrives.
So the NZ agent then gets involved and replaces my RD 88 (26 spline Vitara front) that I ordered with an RD72 (Sammy 26 spline rear) and says it will be fine, OK then we fit it and it's not 100% smooth to turn but better than the last one and they (ARB Aussie) assure me that it's only the thrust washers with a bit of machining burrs on them and they will wear in quickly so with that I'm to keep an eye on it - like real frickin close eye too ( hint of sarcasm here, that I'm not overly happy with there explanation of why it's lumpy and tight
) . Then Today I drain the oil to check for any crap and rotate axles to see if it's improved with a few hours wheeling and I notice the R/H stub axle has moved away from the housing by about 3/8" WTF
Hmmm......... so I've been thinking that seems it's a rear locker theres no recess for the front axle clips to seat in and thats why it's moved out. Any other ideas ??
Pic from test run yesterday.....