My recollection is that my diff-lock-off experience is like your diff-lock-on experience. I have not had to engage the diff lock at all since I bought the van last spring, tested it, and at that time the diff lock worked in sync w/ the dash light; "on" means engaged. Perhaps I'm on the verge of some drive train failure. On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Tom Forhan wrote: > > Diff lock off: No shuddering or binding. Steering effort is high > toward the stops, which I always thought was due to the expanded > footprint of the oversize tires. Other than that, nice smooth circles. > > Diff lock on: Shudders, enough that I did not want to keep on doing > this to the vehicle. Shuddering definately decreases as I approach > straight line. No visible tire scuffs on the asphalt, but it is > not a dry surface. >
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