Originally posted by fido666
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2016 Prado Kakadu Rear Diff Lock
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Thanks for the advice guys.
The Toyota diff lock does engage and disengage eventually and yes driving slowly and jerking around does eventually disengage it. It will allow change to 4H with diff lock engaged and then the dash light goes off but I am worried that the rear diff may still be engaged????? so prefer to see the light go off before getting too reckless. I would just like to be able to engage it and disengage it on the fly as per my ARB air locker or to be able to bin it and put some other locker in that can be activated and disengaged on the fly.
There is no problem using this rear diff if you have the time and space and patience to stop, scratch your bum, watch the world go by, listen to your wife's dribble and then engage or disengage it but when fast actions are required e.g. you suddenly start to seriously lose traction in an unforgiving situation, then on the fly engagement is a priority.
Here's an example of what I mean.
Looks like a simple, shallow water puddle so I meandered slowly through only to discover it was the mother of all mud holes, water covering serious mud, and got seriously stuck, much to the amusement of my colleagues!
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Originally posted by pradokakadudavid View PostLooks like a simple, shallow water puddle so I meandered slowly through only to discover it was the mother of all mud holes, water covering serious mud, and got seriously stuck, much to the amusement of my colleagues!
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Better again avoid mud holes !!
Just got back from our first Kakadu 4x4 outing in the high country, Diff Locks definetly made it a lot easier and yes the Toyota system is a little slow as you need to first enguage L4 and centre lock then rear lock and needs to be unlocked in the same order. With a fair bit of 4wding Experience my rule of thumb is I always turn the rear locker on when in low range, just a little longer process in the Kakadu compared to my 79 seriesLast edited by Phs; 29-12-2016, 12:11 AM.
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