Is it possible for the diff lock light to be on ( whilst the diff lock lever is engaged) yet the diff lock itself not be engaged? I suppose I'm asking if the light is activated by a mechanical contact that is independant of true engagement.
Twas 3 Sep 2004 04:54:38 -0700 when snipped-for-privacy@iol.ie (Peter Kinsella) put finger to keyboard producing:
as I understand it the light is activated by the diff locking not the lever selecting so it the light is on the difflock is locked even if the lever is set unlocked. sometimes you can move the lever to unlocked but the diff is still locked and the light on due to transmision wind-up, a short drive forwards or backwads will usually allow it to unlock, I've heard that if it's stubborn you shold jack up one wheel for a moment or bounce it up a kerb.
or I may be talking crap, I'm having that kind of day......
I've heard that weaving from side to sidewill help, reversing in an arc can help unlock a stubborn diff too.
I try to remember to unlock the diff as soon as its not needed but on occaisionally it gets forgotten, depends on the terrain. Sometimes the exit to a lane can be a bit slippy and dumps you straight onto tarmac, the reversing in an arc seems to work then.
Pardon me for going off topic a bit and showing my ignorance.
Diff Lock? LRs are 4x4, all 4 wheels driven. The diff lock lever locks the transfer box, yes? The axel diffs are not so locked. According to my understanding in slippy conditions this will result in 2x4. On each axel the one wheel on firm(er) ground will remain stationary and the other spin, So with the diff lock applied we have potentially all power going to 2 out of 4 wheels neither of which has any grip. IIUC all the power (torque) will go to the wheels with the least grip. Exactly the opposite of what we want. Tell me I'm wrong, please!
Nope, thats the one, without the centre diff locked one spinning wheel results in landrover not going anywhere, lock the centre diff and you need two spinning wheels (one on each axle) and you won't go anywhere. So if you drop on side into a ditch or get cross axled you still ain't going anywhere.
Ah, so I'm not losing it. Now the axel diffs are interchangeable, so if they're both the same way up, the crown wheels will be such that the two wheels slipping with be diagonally opposite each other?
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