Diff Lock

Eventually yes it would damage the driveline, over a short distance unlikely unless you were very heavy with the right foot and making tight turns.

The secret is to get no windup in the drive line this can be by driving a short distance in reverse, putting one set of wheels in the dirt/grass/or other less tractive surface. In a manual its usually easiest to quickly back off the throttle and it should disengage. In earlier vehicles with the vacuum diff lock sometimes a squirt of WD40 into the diff lock switch worked wonders as they tend to leak air into the switch.

IMO no, the cost is in fuel consumption and tyre scrub.

Should be, the trick is to make the load come off the central diff so the dogs can retract under their spring pressure. Making the front drive train cover more distance than the back, or vice versa, is what allows this. So driving backwards turning from lock to lock should achieve this. Spinning a wheel on soft ground and slowing down sometimes works.

AJH

Twas Sat, 25 Sep 2004 23:51:02 GMT when "Simon Mills" put finger to keyboard producing:

Unlikely

when mine stays locked I find reversing usually does the trick, 10 feet or so. I hear also bumping up a kerb lets one wheel spin freely for a moment and can do the job (not needed to try that myself).

Regards. Mark.(AKA, Mr.Nice.)

The answer is either "no" or a big bang and something broken - e.g. half shaft. I don't think there's an in between.

In message , Mr. Nice. writes

I believe that's mandatory about every 15 miles or so in a 6 wheel drive Scammel!!