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I actually had the diff out of the carrier, and reinstalled forgetting to put the detection switch back in. Whoops. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/angry.gif" alt="" />

As in ring gear separated from pinion gears?


Yep.

It must have just been stuck before...bench tested it about 50 times, and it worked normally every single time. I bent the outer ring of the actuator slightly, from putting the detection switch back into the diff while it was in the car (you can't do this...the fat section of the switch's tip sits on the far side of the actuator, and there's not enough play in the switch to push it into the right place...the carrier MUST come out, the switch is then installed, and then the carrier goes back in so the tip of the switch is "stuck" on the far side of the actuator ring).

I didn't have time to take everything apart again, reinstall, and reset everything. So I grabbed the Dremel and cut the rod on the switch, so it's basically just an "upper drain plug" now. lol. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" /> Didn't really have any other options, it was dusk at the time.

Everything is bolted up and it's on it's wheels again; the only thing I didn't have time to do was refill the diff! I'll do that tomorrow morning and then test her out.

If anyone here has wired the rear diff light so it comes on with the pump (or when the R/D Lock switch is switched to ON)...if you could tell me where to splice the wires and what colors they were, I'd appreciate it. I'll report back tomorrow on the diff situation...if it locks as normal finally, I'll try to record a little demo tomorrow. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />


Sean - Orange County, CA
MAIL: seanwilliams78@gmail.com
1995 Montero SR - For exploring and getting away!
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