For Immediate Release: ARB Air Locker Differential Spreader

ARB Air Locker Differential Spreader

Seattle, October 21/ ARB 4×4 Accessories – ARB’s Air Locker Differential Spreader is a professional automotive tool that no differential installer should be without. Most common Salisbury style axle assemblies (e.g., Dana Spicer model 44) require the use of a differential spreader in order to achieve the required carrier bearing pre-load during set-up. Stretching the housing casting (or ‘pumpkin’) open by sufficient enough force as to allow extra shim to be added to create the pre-load is the method that the OEM manufacture’s endorse, and most manufacture’s have included special “spreader sockets” in the housing for exactly this purpose.

Insufficient pre-load can result in bearing failure, or ring and pinion failure on any differential, and possible oil/air leakage issues in an Air Locker Differential. As a part of ARB’s Air Locker Tools range of differential service/installation equipment, this specialty tool offers an easy, quick and highly effective way of pre-loading these axles.

Features:

  • Designed by ARB to quickly and easily install onto most shim adjusted automotive
    differentials.
  • Allows the housing to be stretched in a safe and controllable way which reduces the
    risk of causing permanent damage to the housing (i.e., from overspreading the
    housing)
  • Pre-drilled with a hole pattern that suits most of the commonly available axle types.
  • Also suited to pre-loading shim adjusted Banjo style axle assemblies (e.g., Isuzu 26
    spline).
  • Comes in a durable carry case with a dedicated powder coated parts tray for
    storage and transport
  • Economically priced at roughly the labor & materials cost of having to re-preload one
    axle (i.e., a differential that was set-up without a spreader that is now showing easy
    symptoms of under pre-loading)

Specifications:
Weight 30.6lb (13.9kg)

About ARB
ARB Corporation Limited is Australia’s largest and industry leading manufacturer and distributor of quality, 4WD vehicle accessories, with distribution in more than 100 countries worldwide.

The company manufactures and stocks the worlds most respected and sought after brands including ARB Air Locker locking differentials and bumpers; Old Man Emu (OME) customized suspension systems, IPF high performance lighting, and Safari snorkel systems. ARB’s Seattle office is the North, South & Central American headquarters and importer of ARB 4×4 Accessories.

To view the full line of ARB product, please visit the official ARB website at www.arbusa.com

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