Looking for CDL success stories
#11
The CDL will get you further than good tires. 33" MTs are worth a crap when only one of them is spinning! Anything more than a moderate trail becomes very difficult without the CDL locked. And, ill be damned if I'm laying on the ground under my truck with a wrench to lock/unlock the CDL. Mine was not functioning and it was the plastic bushing on the shaft that broke. I pulled it out, replaced the bushing (real PITA to get it on the shaft) and greased everything back up and had it together in an afternoon. Works flawlessly.
#13
#14
^^^^What CUpgt said! Attachment 19112
I dunno how much the CDL will help in that situation! LOL. Are you resting on your passanger side? If not thats one hell of a pucker factor lean right there.
#15
The CDL will get you further than good tires. 33" MTs are worth a crap when only one of them is spinning! Anything more than a moderate trail becomes very difficult without the CDL locked. And, ill be damned if I'm laying on the ground under my truck with a wrench to lock/unlock the CDL. Mine was not functioning and it was the plastic bushing on the shaft that broke. I pulled it out, replaced the bushing (real PITA to get it on the shaft) and greased everything back up and had it together in an afternoon. Works flawlessly.
#16
I'd rather take my center console out once than lay in the mud/dirt/snow repeatedly.
#17
What Brett said
#18
I was able to work mine so it did high low but was always hard, ended up removing console and CDl shifter, had to beat the shifter apart with a hammer and brass drift , the left /right movement was rusted/seized solid, ran parts on fine wire wheel grease and reassembled now shifts with super ease in all directions
#19
Yes, I can still shift and its not hard to move it. One day I'll get to it, she has other issues to work on.
#20
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Originally Posted by fishEH
Can you still shift your TC from Hi to Lo with the lever? I can't count how many times I've locked/unlocked my CDL mid trail, or went back and forth from Hi to Lo.
I'd rather take my center console out once than lay in the mud/dirt/snow repeatedly.
Amen... Having a working CDL is a must... The only reason I let my wife's '97 go so long was we have two other 4x4's and a 6x6 if we really need to get somewhere. The '97 won't even make it to our barn without making a rutty mess from spinning. The '96 with the diff locked will usually only leave tread marks.....
Originally Posted by fishEH
Can you still shift your TC from Hi to Lo with the lever? I can't count how many times I've locked/unlocked my CDL mid trail, or went back and forth from Hi to Lo.
I'd rather take my center console out once than lay in the mud/dirt/snow repeatedly.
Amen... Having a working CDL is a must... The only reason I let my wife's '97 go so long was we have two other 4x4's and a 6x6 if we really need to get somewhere. The '97 won't even make it to our barn without making a rutty mess from spinning. The '96 with the diff locked will usually only leave tread marks.....