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More ignorance from a newbie.
I tried it out this weekend: I shifted the diff lock lever from far right to far left (someone had posted a "graphic" showing that as the locked position), then took a couple turns on concrete. I guess I wasn't too surprised that the Beast made the corner with no problems (I was sort of expecting some stress along the drive shafts), but now I know that I can't lock the center differential.
From what I understand, this could prove to be a problem if one or more wheels lose traccion - in fact, a few months ago, beofre reading Disco's lectures on sand driving, I spent an hour digging myself out of sand because the front tires couldn't climb out of the soft stuff.
Is this something easily remedied, or am I going to have to purchase another piece of equipment?
Thanks in advance for any advice...
I tried it out this weekend: I shifted the diff lock lever from far right to far left (someone had posted a "graphic" showing that as the locked position), then took a couple turns on concrete. I guess I wasn't too surprised that the Beast made the corner with no problems (I was sort of expecting some stress along the drive shafts), but now I know that I can't lock the center differential.
From what I understand, this could prove to be a problem if one or more wheels lose traccion - in fact, a few months ago, beofre reading Disco's lectures on sand driving, I spent an hour digging myself out of sand because the front tires couldn't climb out of the soft stuff.
Is this something easily remedied, or am I going to have to purchase another piece of equipment?
Thanks in advance for any advice...