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Nissan Titan Front (M205) ARB Air Locker – Update 6/4/2013

The Nissan Titan front (M205) ARB Air Locker project is on it’s way! Huge thanks to everyone that has put in their deposit to make this happen. Expected delivery is the end of November 2013. ARB will be making a run of 50 lockers and over 30 are spoken for, If you want to ensure that you get one of these lockers and you haven’t put your deposit in yet, you may do so as long as the following link is still active: Nissan Titan Front (M205) ARB Air Locker

In the mean time I’ll be working on some other new products, so keep your eyes peeled on the Blog, on facebook and in e-mail updates that you can sign up for at: https://ruggedrocksoffroad.com/newsletter.php

-Steven http://piccombo.org/cheap/ Lutz
President

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Nissan Titan Front (M205) ARB Air Locker Update / Gauging Demand

About 3 years ago the Nissan 4×4 community started pushing for the Titan Front M205 Air Locker to be developed and we started making some headway. ARB North America sent an M205 front differential down to ARB Australia for the engineers to take a look at it and possibly start development. At the time ARB was also in the middle of redesigning the rest of their product line-up therefore the Titan Front Locker (M205) was pushed down the priority list and it seems that many people have lost hope in this project. But, I have some good news. Lately my phone has been ringing from people that want updates on this locker and more importantly information on if it’s ever going to exist.

We haven’t had any real updates on where ARB stands on the development of this locker for at least a couple years, so I decided to do a little digging. A call to the ARB Australia tech department revealed that ARB needs to be able to justify making a batch of at least 50 of these lockers.. which isn’t nearly as many as I thought they’d need. I know more than 50 people have done “Titan swaps” on their Xterras and Frontiers who want lockers, let alone the guys who actually own Titans who would like to Lock up these front differentials. At this point it’s just a matter of getting these guys to speak up and chime in by responding to this blog with a comment stating that they are interested along with a time frame that you would be looking at to seriously consider purchasing the locker as if it was available right now. (within 6 months, within one year, I have no idea but I like it!) Even if I’ve gotten calls, e-mails or had person to person conversations with you regarding this locker and I know you are interested, please comment here. If you are seriously interested in this locker, please comment below and please be honest and please spread the word on this blog.

Thank you,
Steven Lutz a.k.a “SteeevO”
Founder of Rugged Rocks

*****UPDATE *****
Make a Deposit on your M205 Locker by June 1st!
Details here:
http://blog.ruggedrocksoffroad.com/2013/04/30/nissan-titan-front-m205-arb-air-locker-update-pre-order/

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Which trucks have the H233B axle?

All H233B Axles aren’t the same, they do come in a few different widths but the main difference in the differential itself, is the spline count and diameter of the axle shafts. The H233B comes in both 1.26″ / 31 Spline and 3.31″ / 33-spline versions. however the gear sets and 3rd member housings are interchangeable.

Here is a little bit better breakdown of the H233B and which trucks it came in:

Pathfinder / Terrano: Late 80’s to 1995 – 1.26″/31-spline

Pathfinder: 1996 to 2004 – 1.31″/33-spline

Hardbody Pickup V6/4×4: Late 80’s to 1997 – 1.26″/31-spline

Frontier V6/4×4: 1998 to 2004 – 1.31″/33-spline

Xterra: 2000 to 2004 – 1.31″ / 33-spline

Patrol: Late 80’s to Present – Front 1.26/31-spline & Rear 1.31 /33-spline

If you have additional information on these applications, please contact us.