To Diff-lock or not

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thats my main concern, fecking the transmission. i use low box plenty in this country and diff-lock more when things look tricky. but i soon get back out of it when its not needed.

G
 
Griffdowg said:
thats my main concern, fecking the transmission. i use low box plenty in this country and diff-lock more when things look tricky. but i soon get back out of it when its not needed.

G
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Hang on a mo...at the risk of sounding a complete novice here (which i bloody hope i'm not)..isnt the diff locked when you use the low range gearbox? :confused:
 
No. The difflock is independant of what you do with the gears on Defender/Discovery etc
 
you can engage difflock in high or low range but you must engage it its not auto. if you have a viscous coupling like on some range rover classics then there is no difflock its automatic and will engage when needed. Jai
 
Sorry, must have been the journey here, of course you're right....by the way, didnt use the difflock (or the low range lol) and despite a few hairy moments in the forest due to drifts it was fine...had about 2 inches of snow in the 45 minutes it took to get here...i cant wait to go home and have some fun!!:D
 
I would agree with Jai about centre difflock usage , I have used it on and off on hard surfaces, where snow is layed in rows which you need to cross to change lane, as the vehicle is much more stable, likewise at speed on bush dirt roads esp in wet . The understeer "problem" is increased if acceleration is used , a trailing throttle generally pretty well negates this problem when cornering . Obviously using common sense is required long distance difflocked on a good tractive surface serves no purpose other than increased fuel usage , and tyre and component wear .JMHE
 
When I was out with the response group last week I drove a 50 mile round trip on snow and freezing ice. and used the difflock on several occasions Don't see what the big deal is I just flick it on and off as required. It's not like you need to stop or be in neutral to change it. I just drive along if it looks like it's about to get ****ty it comes on, and as soon as I've crossed the ****ty bit It get's flicked off again.
 
thats what I have, takes the choice out of the equation lol

jai_landrover said:
you can engage difflock in high or low range but you must engage it its not auto. if you have a viscous coupling like on some range rover classics then there is no difflock its automatic and will engage when needed. Jai
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yea no big deal with diff lock i really believe that in the early 1990s people were driving around on the roads not knowing that diff lock was engaged and after a few motors that came in for heavy steering and premature transmission failure the problem was discovered everyone since has been paranoid about transmission wind up Jai
 
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