Pajero Owners Club of South Africa

CATS wrote: At a higher speed the Rear Difflock will also auto disengage (I think over 40km/h?)
CATS

Will this be the case for my Gen3 that has only rear diff lock and no fancy electronics?

Regards,

Skillie wrote:

CATS wrote: At a higher speed the Rear Difflock will also auto disengage (I think over 40km/h?)
CATS

Will this be the case for my Gen3 that has only rear diff lock and no fancy electronics?

Regards,

I think so yes, that is why the Rear dif lock switch is an electronic switch and not a 'hard' on/off switch. It can be switched off by the system and don't need manual intervention. I must admit that I have never been driving fast enough in off road situations to actually test this in the Pajero, only in a previous Colt that I owned on one occasion where one needed to storm a dune and go up at the bottom at around 70km/h to keep the momentum up to the top - scary stuff!.

CATS

CATS wrote:
I must admit that I have never been driving fast enough in off road situations to actually test this in the Pajero, only in a previous Colt that I owned on one occasion where one needed to storm a dune and go up at the bottom at around 70km/h to keep the momentum up to the top - scary stuff!.

CATS

Thank you,
I once took a 90 degree turn on a obstacle course before climbing a loose rock incline, just to realise in the middle of the loose rocks that my diff lock is not engaged anymore.

I was convinced that I engeged the rear diff lock at the bottom of the obstacle, but then began doubting the fact.

Is it possible that the vehicle detected too big difference between outer wheel speed and inner wheel speed around the 90 degrees turn and switched of the rear diff lock?

Regards,

Skillie wrote:
Thank you,
I once took a 90 degree turn on a obstacle course before climbing a loose rock incline, just to realise in the middle of the loose rocks that my diff lock is not engaged anymore.

I was convinced that I engeged the rear diff lock at the bottom of the obstacle, but then began doubting the fact.

Is it possible that the vehicle detected too big difference between outer wheel speed and inner wheel speed around the 90 degrees turn and switched of the rear diff lock?

Regards,

The 90 degree turn will not affect the difflock egagement, but it will make steering heavier on the turn.

Also remember the difflock disengage automatically when you switch the vehicle off, or when it is stalled(something that can easily happen on a trail in a manual vehicle.

CATS