ARB Rapid Deflator

[eyemgh]

Anyone use one of these? I was just holding my gauge partially on to reduce pressure, but I bought the ARB, hoping it would be faster. Other than not having to hold it on, it doesn't seem to be any faster. Maybe I'm using it wrong, but there isn't much to do wrong. What's been your experience? Thanks!

 

[kmacafee]

My experience is that it is much, much faster than simply depressing the valve.

 

[eyemgh]

My experience is that it is much, much faster than simply depressing the valve.

Maybe I didn't get the core fully out the first go 'round. I'll mess with is again. It indeed should be much faster!

How long would you estimate it takes to drop 15 psi?

 

[JaSAn]

When you unscrew the valve core does the extractor retract and pull the core out of the stem? Sometimes air pressure will do it but on mine the seal is tight so I have to do it manually.

There is a tutorial on this site:

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[eyemgh]

When you unscrew the valve core does the extractor retract and pull the core out of the stem? Sometimes air pressure will do it but on mine the seal is tight so I have to do it manually.

It pushed it out with pressure. It might have started that though when it was only partially removed. I'll mess with it again tomorrow. Thanks!

 

[Zoomad]

I have a similar design I got off of Amazon. IF you do it right it drops air pressure FAST! My first time I didn't get the core unscrewed far enough and it seemed like it took forever. The thing I noticed using it, when you get the core unscrewed fully the stem in the tool will pop out when slide the collar up. If you don't have the core completely unscrewed it can't let the air out any faster than pressing on the stem.

 

[eyemgh]

I have a similar design I got off of Amazon. IF you do it right it drops air pressure FAST! My first time I didn't get the core unscrewed far enough and it seemed like it took forever. The thing I noticed using it, when you get the core unscrewed fully the stem in the tool will pop out when slide the collar up. If you don't have the core completely unscrewed it can't let the air out any faster than pressing on the stem.

That's got to be what happened. With the core out, air *should* rush out.

 

[Zoomad]

That's got to be what happened. With the core out, air *should* rush out.

It certainly does. Fast enough you really can't walk away while it's working. Half a minute or less to drop from 40 to 15-18psi.

I like it a lot more than "staun" style deflators that you can set to a specific pressure. Stupid lock ring moves and either lets out too much or not enough and take a couple minutes per tire. Even though you can do all tires at the same time with them, you still end up going from tire to tire to check on them. Plus you can't get a pressure reading without taking them off.

 

[eyemgh]

It certainly does. Fast enough you really can't walk away while it's working. Half a minute or less to drop from 40 to 15-18psi.

I like it a lot more than "staun" style deflators that you can set to a specific pressure. Stupid lock ring moves and either lets out too much or not enough and take a couple minutes per tire. Even though you can do all tires at the same time with them, you still end up going from tire to tire to check on them. Plus you can't get a pressure reading without taking them off.

That's why I went that direction. Plus, I don't always want the same psi and some of the Stauns style ones aren't agile to switch. Thanks!

 

[kmacafee]

Maybe I didn't get the core fully out the first go 'round. I'll mess with is again. It indeed should be much faster!

How long would you estimate it takes to drop 15 psi?

Less than a minute. You definitely can't leave it for a beer -- tire would be flat when you returned.

 

[JHanson]

Agreed . . . if you're not getting a blast of air out you're not operating it properly. It takes a few tries to get the hang of it.

 

[eyemgh]

I got it figured out. I assumed that when the plunger shot out the core was completely out. NOOOOO! I had to push it back in and keep unscrewing until I was certain it disengaged. Then...WOOSH! I dropped 15 psi in 22 seconds! Thanks!

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Does the ARB have an upper limit of 60 psi? My “off brand” does, hasn’t been an issue yet even though I run over that pressure in the rears occasionally.

 

[eyemgh]

Does the ARB have an upper limit of 60 psi? My “off brand” does, hasn’t been an issue yet even though I run over that pressure in the rears occasionally.

Yes, 60 psi max.

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Thanks.

 

[superduty]

ARB and the copies are very quick to deflate if you do it correctly. I used to just simply pull the valve stem cores, which works well, but you have to be careful. The ARB is nice bc you can check where your pressure is at easily and once I got one of those I used it for many years. I recently bought Coyote deflators which are a copy of the Stauns. The Coyote have hex locking ring on them so you can use a wrench to lock them down at the pressure you want. The drawback of this style is that you have to pick the pressure you want ahead of time and then set them. I bought a set of 4. I have 2 set at 17 psi and 2 set at 22 psi. Depending on what pressure I want is the 2 I use. Compared to the ARB type I find these much more convenient and easier to use. My 2 cents.

 

[dennis 221]

ya mine you preset an just screw them on an walk away! set at 30 psi .very easy to adjust up or down! like your idea of setting two at different psi !!! i just get nervous going to low!! so with tundra an hawk an e10 tires how low is safe off roaring ??

 

[12valve]

I always ask the other person for their extraction gear or any other tools necessary for the job we need to do. I do not want to be digging around for mine and have to wrap it up and put it back. If, for any reason I do not like their gear, then I will dig out mine.

 

[Happyjax]

I have them but have not tried them out yet. I did hear that if you have tire pressure gauges in your wheels these could damage them. Has anyone heard that or have a problem with that. The F250 is the 1st vehicle I've had that has those gauges in the tire....
Thanks!

 

[ntsqd]

20+ years ago I made my own Staun type using a fixed pressure pop-off valve from McMaster-Carr and a clip-on air chuck. The pop-off valve is rated for 20 psi and it consistently stops at 19 psi. That worked well for the X-cab yota, but it's way too low for the CTD. I rarely drop the CTD below 40 psi.

I made a set of them for the 4rnnr that I've never used. They'll be included in it's sale as I doubt that I ever will use them. Didn't even bother with anything like this for the FSB.