Hi from England! Help with ARB lockers

[Zippy]

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a Mitsubishi L200 new shape (Triton). It is a 2.5 DiD 2006 Warrior spec with MASTC and super select 4WD. I love the truck and luckily so does the wife! (She drives it most).

I am a very keen off roader and traveller and i am in the process of modifying the truck.

I have ASFIR guards, Cooper STT tyres and really want to put an ARB locker in the rear axle. I like the traction control but love the idea of having the traction control under normal circumstances and the when the going gets really tough locking up the rear axle.

Heres the problem, no one in the UK seems to be able to help me with this. (I am a member of other l200 clubs but no one has fitted a locker to a new shape truck with MASTC on those forums yet).

So heres the first questions: which diff setup is in the 2.5 DiD Triton, 9" with 28 spline shaft or 9.5" with 31spline shaft? (I dont really want to pull a half shaft out it i can avoid it)

Does ARB make a locker that will fit the rear axel in my truck.

Thanks very much for any help, cant wait to speak to fellow owners around the world

[daryn]

Hi Zippy,

Whats MASTC ?

[Zippy]

MASTC is the traction control system fitted to the truck. It works off the abs system to help stop wheels spinning offroad and deliver drive to the wheel with grip.

Mitsubishi put this on the trucks without a locking rear diff.

It does work, just not as well as a locking diff. Good for getting grip when turning offroad though

[MR T]

would that be what the clunk was when i was going up sand hills in the simpson desert

[daryn]

No T, we dont have MASTC here, we have LSD's in the rear unless you optioned the Diff lock.

[MR T]

lol ohh ok thats what i thought but what ever it is it works a treat
just walk it up and when it starts to bog down clunk and away you go again

[daryn]

It may be the wife getting out and giving you a kick up the butt, I hear that helps in getting up BIG Red.

[MR T]

actually big red was easy some of the ones just befor it were harder

[Buzzy]

You dont meen the MATT system like whats in the Pajero do you?
Mitsubishi All Terrrain Technology, or whatever they call it.
Havent heard of Tritons having any sort of traction control before especially a 2006 model

Welcoome to the site Zippy

[Homer]

Don't like the sound of the clunk T....unless it is lash in the diff when the auto kicks down a gear. That's what I'm thinking it is anyway.

[Zippy]

The new shape came out in the uk in 2006, the base models 4work, 4life all have a locking rear diff and easy select 4wd. The higher spec models have super select 4wd with M-ASTC (Mitsubishi Active Stability and Traction Control ) This is the system used in the shogun and pajero.

The complication is whether ARB make a locker to fit that axle?

What sort of axle do your tritons have?

Why couldnt mitsubishi uk have just given us the 3.2DiD and LSD or a locker like you guys

Loving the site, snorkel on order!!

Again any help much appreciated

[Zippy]

All Sorted, Rear ARB Air Locker plus Traction Control!! Greeeeeaaaaaaat

[sam]

So what size rear diff has the 2.5 got Zippy as the 3.2's here have got the 9.5 " diff

[Zippy]

No mate, it has the 9" 28 spline diff. The ARB unit that fits is the RD46. It took a while but i got there in the end