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tim
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 04:58 pm: | 
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is it seperate procedure. i can't get my 4 wheel engede the stick won't move i'm in neutral with my foot on the brake |
paul londrigan (Neversummer)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 05:01 pm: |
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you are already in 4 wheel drive, the truck is always in 4 wheel drive. The shift knob you are refering to is the low range and diff lock knob. If you can't operate it try rolling slowly in neutral, or in reverse sometimes the gears just need some coercing into spot. If none of that works I would take the truck to a mechainc to get it checked out a transfer box problem could later leed to a much more serious transmission failure problem as it once did for me. |
Peter Matusov (Pmatusov)
| | Posted on Thursday, December 05, 2002 - 05:02 pm: |
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you need to be moving slowly to move the stick.
your disco is always in four wheel drive, moving the stick to the left locks the center differential, moving it front/rear selects the high/low range of the transfer case.
peter |
tim
| | Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 01:52 pm: |
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thanks i'm sorry for the stupid question but in normal snow conditions (not off road is) all wheel ok....what does locking the center differentiaal do? |
Peter Matusov (Pmatusov)
| | Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 02:03 pm: |
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well...
check this and this if you interested to figure out what's it all about.
if not, simply put, when your disco's center diff is open, if one wheel spins, you're going nowhere.
when it is locked, it takes one front wheel AND one rear wheel to spin to stop you in your tracks - not inconceivable, but not that usual on dry ground.
peter |
Mark Albrecht (Markalbrecht)
| | Posted on Friday, December 06, 2002 - 02:08 pm: |
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My understanding of the Center Diff is this: 1) the center diff acts as a torque biasing diff and sends torque where needed based on manufacturer specs(e.g 10% rear, 90% front or vise versa, etc.); 2) locking the CD results in a 50/50 split of torque (front and rear) like engaging 4x high on other part time 4x4's. |
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