driving on cdl

[nathand]

gday after spending hundreds of dollars trying to fix my shuttle valve im just gonna lock the cdl manaully do u have to keep disingaging it to drive or can u drive ofr a while, because ill be driving up moreton all weekend

[loanrangie]

gday after spending hundreds of dollars trying to fix my shuttle valve im just gonna lock the cdl manaully do u have to keep disingaging it to drive or can u drive ofr a while, because ill be driving up moreton all weekend

If you are going to be on soft/loose dirt or sand all weekend then leave it engaged, if its hard dirt then disengage.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

maybe in your best interests to read this--
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery/73796-diff-lock-warning-light-stays-2004-disco.html

and this,,
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery/73867-another-cdl-activation-thread-help.html

[nathand]

its all sand, so you reckon id get away with locking it on the barge and leaving it locked for a few days, dont are about the abs or that going off, will the windup be too bad?

[Pedro_The_Swift]

no wind up on soft sand,,,

the barge is tricky,, how many hard lock to lock turns will you be doing? if its a straight drive on and off no problems,,
Plenty of d2's run fraser without cdl and have no problems,, finding a place on sand to crawl under may be your biggest concern
just remember to undo it on the barge on the way home!!

[tip]

another issue with leaving it in is that when you re-start the car abs and traction control will be disengaged (& the 3 amigoes will appear - the third being the little used hdc - does anyone use this??).

traction control does have its benefits and some would say that on sand tc makes more sense than a locked centre diff.