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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: j99mud on August 28, 2006, 13:53:25

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: j99mud on August 28, 2006, 13:53:25

i know some one who is having a spot of bother with there disco difflock! it  was put into difflock but wont come out again! the gear leaver is out of the difflock position but it is still in difflock! has any one got any ideas what might have caused this and better still how to fix it??
regards James

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: wing nut on August 28, 2006, 16:15:21

try rolling backwards ,it  should come out then :lol:

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: seph234 on August 28, 2006, 20:42:01

are you sure its stuck in difflock or is the light just staying on  with the swith sticking.   joe

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: j99mud on August 29, 2006, 17:20:02

he has tryed reversing and going forewards but still not coming out! apparently it is deffinatly on he says he can feel it round corners ect!!! im stumped!
regards James

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: Thrasher on August 29, 2006, 17:31:02

Chock the wheels - WITH GOOD CHOCKS, handbrake off and jack up a rear wheel. BE VERY CAREFUL as the wheel will spin and release the tension on the driveline - this should extinguish the light as well....

LEVEL GROUND and USE CHOCKS!

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: chris9119 on August 29, 2006, 19:35:13

James

The difflock lever may be moving, but is the internal linkage :?:

Get underneath and check that the lot moves when the lever is moved side to side. It could be that the linkage has come undone (it happened to me).

Chris

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: extreme90 on August 29, 2006, 19:40:31

and its happend to me, stupid land rover clips, y cuddnt they just use a r clip or cotter pin doh !!
o and it woul have happend when trug was down visiting and i took him to a local wood with alot of mud  :oops:
he got stuck 1st !!

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: j99mud on August 30, 2006, 17:29:07

Thanks guys! i will pass on this info and hopefully it will do the trick!Thanks again for all your help :D
Reagards James

Title: stuck in diff lock
Post by: Henry Webster on August 30, 2006, 17:33:39

Quote from: "Thrasher"

Chock the wheels - WITH GOOD CHOCKS, handbrake off and jack up a rear wheel. BE VERY CAREFUL as the wheel will spin and release the tension on the driveline - this should extinguish the light as well....

LEVEL GROUND and USE CHOCKS!

A safer way of doing the same would be to find a patch of grass or gravel, that should be enough for it to unwind.

H