Thread: defender centre diff lock not working

I was under the impression that the light is operated by a switch that the internals of the transfer case turn on. Therefore the linkage internally must be working.

Are you sure both front wheels were not turning? Maybe it was just the one you could see not turning.

jack up one front wheel and lock the locker, confirm its not working then try turning the thing on and off a few times...

When this happened to me I found it was the linkage bolt at the top nearest the shifter. It had come loose (very small nyloc nut) and even though the lever would move through its full distance the loose bolt would gobble up a small amount of travel up the top that translated to a substantial loss of travel down at the diff lock linkage.
I recall that I peeled back the rubber boot in the cab and with a bit of deft tool work nipped it up and prob solved.

Lynn
Kalgoorlie

Thanks very much everyone fo the advice, I'll have a crack at it this weekend.

Originally Posted by dirty130

When this happened to me I found it was the linkage bolt at the top nearest the shifter. It had come loose (very small nyloc nut) and even though the lever would move through its full distance the loose bolt would gobble up a small amount of travel up the top that translated to a substantial loss of travel down at the diff lock linkage.
I recall that I peeled back the rubber boot in the cab and with a bit of deft tool work nipped it up and prob solved.

Lynn
Kalgoorlie

Cheers Lynn , worked a treat, I'll pop up 2 pics as I've been staring at them bolts from underneath..