2007 ARB Australia Adventure - Dirt Downunda
ARB does tons of testing on its Air Lockers and has this giant machine that uses over 20,000 lb-ft of pressure to do destructive stress testing of both ARB and other manufacturer's products. The goal is to find the weak link and upgrade it long before customers get their hands on the parts, though the weak link is often found to be the OEM axleshafts and not the ARB bits. There are other machines as well to simulate lockers being engaged under power and for long-term shock testing of its Old Man Emu products. Hundreds of man hours are also applied with computerized design and stress analysis as well as real in-the-dirt testing. View Related Article