bennytwoshoes Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 So about a month ago, I had to lock my diff to cross a small river (roads in Ghana). After coming out the other side, I shifted the lever over to unlock and reversed for a bit to let it drop out. A couple of weeks later, I was at my mechanic and pointed out a rattle from the ?transfer box? When coasting from 4th or 5th gear. He lifted one tire on the front and the DIFF WAS STILL LOCKED!! This week I had to drive about 500 km from home. On the trip, the rattle seems to have gotten a little worse. I'm driving back home in a few days where I have a spare transfer box from an engine swap a while ago and intend to change it. I just want to know what is the probable problem in the transfer box and whether it will be able to make the 500 km journey home. (I drive at about 80 kmh as the roads a bit rough) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 With the diff locked then I wouldn't try and go that far unless you remove a propshaft. You might find that the mechanism isn't moving far enough and just wants a tweak to sort it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Lay underneath and work out where the mechanism is (on top of the front shaft housing)... get someone to wiggle the lever and then pysh it a bit further. ... The plastic bushes in the linkage wear and stop full movement. ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennytwoshoes Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Thanks! We managed to get the diff lock to disengage, but there's still a slight rattling in the box. I was actually running on different size tires front/back 7.5x16's on the front, 265/16's on the back (I live in a very rural area where 7.5's were'nt readily available. As I'm in the capital city now, I changed them all yesterday... 7.5x16's all around, also a re-alignment, and the noise seems to have reduced, but still there. Maybe the tire size difference was overworking the center diff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco-Ron Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 With different size tyres front and back AND the diff locked it really won't be happy at all..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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