True or False?

Good evening guys n gals.

Ive heard a few people in the past say that when a diff has got on them or they have broke a half shaft they just stick it into diff lock and drive home on the good axle!!??!!

Is this true or bull?


Cheers Landy Lee

LT230 type transfer boxes true.
No idea whether long distance on the others would be OK.

I drove 100 miles with diff lock engaged as one of my rear prop shaft UJs gave up the ghost. Kept the speed under 50 mph and avoided wide throttle openings. I could do that as I removed the entire prop. Driving with a smashed diff or sheared half shaft might cause other damage if done over any distance. If a rear half shaft goes on a series, just depress the yellow knob and it'll be in 'front wheel drive'. Again its a 'get you home' measure only.

true ,you could drive like that for years if so desired,is a little more clunky on taking up drive as diff lock collar, is designed to be a loose fit to allow easy engagement

True I have done this with my 90. Not far just to get home but it worked. My mrs had to hold the diff stick in all the journey as it kept wanting to pop out.

RangeRoller dt said:

True I have done this with my 90. Not far just to get home but it worked. My mrs had to hold the diff stick in all the journey as it kept wanting to pop out.

Click to expand...

Disgusting another smut reply, come on moderator this is getting sticky

Honest. Must have been hard - she kept shouting “I can’t ..I can’t ...it’s too hard and it hurts”

This is the gods to honest truth

Here's my mates happened the other day...…..

I looked similar when I spat my teeth out

I have done this a few times when I have destroyed diffs on trials motors, the down side is that the bits broken diff tend to get dragged around the crown wheel and burst through the diff pan.

Edit: Must type faster, others have beaten me to it.

RangeRoller dt said:

I looked similar when I spat my teeth out

Click to expand...

Don't bother with a pic

landy-lee said:

Good evening guys n gals.

Ive heard a few people in the past say that when a diff has got on them or they have broke a half shaft they just stick it into diff lock and drive home on the good axle!!??!!

Is this true or bull?


Cheers Landy Lee

Click to expand...

True
my old 110 had a broken uj so we disconnected the prop and applied diff lock to get her home.
no probs

kevstar said:

Don't bother with a pic

Click to expand...

Only got pics of when they got fixed not when they got smashed out

landy-lee said:

Good evening guys n gals.

Ive heard a few people in the past say that when a diff has got on them or they have broke a half shaft they just stick it into diff lock and drive home on the good axle!!??!!

Is this true or bull?


Cheers Landy Lee

Click to expand...

True. I've done it. But it's a limp home option, not a crack on its fine option.

RangeRoller dt said:

Only got pics of when they got fixed not when they got smashed out

Click to expand...

Teeth like a smashed up crown wheel how appropriate is this thread.

kevstar said:

Teeth like a smashed up crown wheel how appropriate is this thread.

Click to expand...

They cost more than my RR

Bad things happen when it's the centre diff though. Very bad, very bad. Curiously, it was about thirteen years ago when it happened to me, and the very next day I was given my first LR, the one with the dead transfer box. I've never been the same since.

I stripped a drive flange on the M5, drove in difflock for a couple of days till sorted, no issues.