When to lock CDL

Does anyone really think it’s a PITA to lock the CDL? I mean it’s not like you need to get off the couch to change the channel! Or out of the vehicle to lock the hubs! Hilarious.
...I love locking my CDL at every opportunity. It’s what makes it a Land Rover!

...now another can of worms :) ...at what max speed can you lock the CDL on the fly? And what’s the max speed you can drive with it locked? My rule of thumb has been 60kmhr and 80kmhr respectively.

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Originally Posted by Zeros

Does anyone really think it’s a PITA to lock the CDL? I mean it’s not like you need to get off the couch to change the channel! Or out of the vehicle to lock the hubs! Hilarious.
...I love locking my CDL at every opportunity. It’s what makes it a Land Rover!

...now another can of worms :) ...at what max speed can you lock the CDL on the fly? And what’s the max speed you can drive with it locked? My rule of thumb has been 60kmhr and 80kmhr respectively.

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Never been more than 80kmh only because didn't feel comfortable on that particular track and secondly I think any faster especially in unknown areas could be dangerous, the defender is not a WRX[emoji2]

In my manual I have locked it at 100kph. No issues at all.

Cheers

80kmh will make the Tanami a looong drive

I have engage and disengaged anywhere up to 100km/hr

I have always engaged/disengaged 4WD/CDL when stationary.
I know I CAN engage/disengage on the fly But I have never been a fan of doing that and it certainly can't do the transmission any harm doing this with the truck stopped.
I usually don't exceed 100kph on the dirt

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Originally Posted by weeds

I have engage and disengaged anywhere up to 100km/hr

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Yep same here [thumbsupbig]
Just wait for the long winded do`s and dont`s waiving brigade to pipe in [bigrolf]

On the fly or stopped makes no difference.
My only thing is not to engage/disengage whilst accelerating or slowing ... just in case.

LOL on the Tanami. The non-bitumen sections were wayyyy to rough (corrugations) to do more than about 60-ish when I was on it years back.

I have ATBs in the front, centre and rear diffs and Dave Ashcroft maintains that the centre diff should still be locked anytime there's a chance of a wheel spinning for a prolonged period.

If it's good enough for Dave Ashcroft, it's good enough for me.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

You may find the discussion "Pointless" and you have every right to think what you like on this matter But many here Do think that how the CDL is used on their landrovers IS worth discussing so your negativity isn't adding anything useful to the discussion at all.

As for starting a "Fist Fight" over this well I think that is a silly notion, None of us here want to start a third world war over ANY subject matter being discussed on the forum.
It may be that we have differing opinions on a range of subjects from time to time and that is a GOOD thing because many of us won't just accept things just because someone says it is 'Kosher" and follow along like Sheep, Isn't that one of the reasons why we own a Landrover in the first place [bigwhistle]

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Obviously I wasn’t actually encouraging a fight. Go back to the disco forum.
Your rambling shows your age. Exactly what I’m talking about pointless comments like yours.
the thread has gone for 11 pages now and basically nothing has been decided just the same info regurgitated.