When to lock CDL

I usually stop to engage mine. I know it can be done on the move, but I'm cautious.

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Originally Posted by jackdef90

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.

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So Exactly How has either of your inane comments in this thread been of any use to the discussion?
Nothing will be "Decided" and set in stone here about how and when people engage their CDL because we all have different driving styles and BTW you rudeness is showing YOUR age.

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Originally Posted by jackdef90

This is why I stopped looking at this site. The pointless duscussions just drive me mad. Go and fist fight each other and be done with it

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Originally Posted by jackdef90

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.

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Seriously? [bighmmm]

Those two replies are your only contribution to the topic of CDL, one of which is to berate someone that has at least offered some input on the topic .. and you wonder why the thread is 11 pages of indecision!!

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Originally Posted by AK83

Seriously? [bighmmm]

Those two replies are your only contribution to the topic of CDL, one of which is to berate someone that has at least offered some input on the topic .. and you wonder why the thread is 11 pages of indecision!!

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Actually the first post I made was in regard to the other argument that went on for two pages, where both parties were actually saying the same thing[bighmmm]

Then the second was in regard the pompous disco driver berating me for picking up on the fact that a lot of the topics turn in to a ****ing contest.

you want input here it is. Lock the cdl where there’s a chance of wheel spin.

Is a pompous Disco driver worse than a pompous Defender driver?

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Originally Posted by ozscott

Is a pompous Disco driver worse than a pompous Defender driver?

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Geez mate don’t start this one,

Haha. I'm kidding you.

Cheers

The last time I engaged my CDL was when actioning a three point turn on a sealed road in an industrial estate.
I had to engage the rear axle as well.
Had I needed to deploy the winch, chops was winch bitch. Good job I didn't need to, hey chops?

I suppose another reason to engage CDL could be for the purpose of better grip for the handbrake?
The way I'm understanding the handbrake system is that even tho it's on the transmission(transfer case rear output), with the CDL unlocked it's really only a rear wheel/axle handbrake.

so if for example you're parked on a slippery surface, or excessive weight where the weight/grip combination is too much for a wheel/axle, with CDL unlocked that single wheel axle under load could slip, and the front axle isn't really helping.
Locking the centre diff then positively brings the front axle(or at least one wheel) into play.

I've only experienced one situation in my Rodeo where I had to park on a very steep incline, handbrake on, but both rears slipped as I tried to get out.
That is handbrake was doing it's job locking the rear wheels, just not enough grip at both rears to hold the car on the incline. Not massively steep, just looser gravel than I thought it was going to be.
Reason I had to stop was that I forgot to lock the front hubs.

Had to roll back about 20m to a less steep section of the track, handbrake (actually the wheels) held at that location, and I then locked the front hubs and continued onwards.

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Originally Posted by jackdef90

[...]you want input here it is. Lock the cdl where there’s a chance of wheel spin.

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Which is in the manual. And which pretty much all sides have advocated. This being the least contentious aspect of all - locking if there is any risk of wheelspin.

The rest is simple too - lock as soon as you leave tarmac - if that is what floats your boat.