Auburn LSD or ARB Air Locker?

Anyone have any experience with these? I spoke to Keith and he has pointed me towards the ARB. Is there anyone that regrets the Auburn????

 

Never had the auburn, but I've had many ARBs in my life. I highly recommend them. It depends on your intended use for the truck. The lsd is a set it and forget it type thing. The ARB you'd have to turn on/off and plumb airlines. Although, you could get on-board air if you went ARB.

 

Keith has had experiences with glazing the clutches in the Auburn....I don't want that happening!!! I just want traction when it is needed. Would love to hava the diff locked to hook up better with the Supercharger.

 

Go ARB, you can't turn off a LS if you get into a situation where it could be hampering you.

 

And I will be putting the 4.88 gears in it at the same time. I will go ARB!!!!

 

These are two different animals that's for sure.

It boils down to what you are using the truck for, having a LSD Auburn would be the best for daily driving in all weather, sometimes having the rear locked would not be a good idea, example: icy situations where you would need that slip to happen like going around a corner and you wouldn't want the rear end to kick out or hitting a patch of ice going down the road and having a potential of kick out. The LSD is designed to slip in situations like that so an accident does not happen.

The ARB locker engages the rear end to be locked at all times until disengaged which would be better for offroading and needed that extra grip to get out of that hairy situation.




Both are super solid options and have pros & cons.

 

Isn't true though...if you spin your tires too much that it can glaze the clutches in the LSD and make it basically useless?

 

If you abuse something, by say "spin your tires too much", then it will break. Always pick the right tool for the job.

 

Don't get me wrong....I DO NOT beat my truck!!! But it will be a long cold day in heck before I let some jelly burner or even worse a Titan out run my little Black Beast! Oh and don't forget the Ecoboosts...crap my Brother In Law thinks his walks on water! And I use to be a General Manager of a Ford dealership for almost 10yrs.

 

One of the reasons mine is still new in the box downstairs and not in the truck.

I know many could jump in and say they have many tens of thousands of reliable miles on them. I just backed away from putting that much effort into something that might not last as long as the truck.

 

The ARB air system and lockers are high, high on my want list. Please update with what you decide on!

 

I take an aubarn around six every morning.

 

Haven't had any issues with ours

 

False, mine it toast with stock power 35s and under 4k miles on it (Auburn Pro Series)

 

Haha, no sir. I got into some snow parking lots a handful of times, but my truck is far from a rock crawler. Daily duties in the winter months, doesn't get driven all that much the rest of the year.

 

It's going back to Auburn soon (they do have good customer service) and I'll probably get a free replacement, which will go in. As for the root, maybe they can uncover that. I don't want to have to baby the thing, my car runs an adjustable osGiken Diff. The posi in the car has worked flawlessly for years with lots of thrashing,

 

I have had mine in for a year now and have had no issues. Works as advertised.

 

The guy you reccomend to do my install said, that it is pretty crucial to install them correctly. That's why he needed an extra day to do mine. I have about 9000 miles on it now.