rear diff locker will not disengage

i checked the switch, its good. but hen i push the buttin to disengage, nothing happens...wtf?

 

Brock's right. In first gear, turn your steering wheel a little and begin moving forward slowly so the rear wheels want to rotate at different speeds. You should get a clunk when it unlocks, and that is it.

 

It also states to drive the truck a minimum of 16 miles per month in 4WD.

In my experience, there are 3 things that if a person doesn't use them frequently (as in all the time) they will eventually have failures because of a lack of use rather than over-use:

1) Air conditioning systems

2) Emergency brakes

3) 4WD components

 

This may not even be close but sometimes (especially with older trucks)

if the solenoid/acuator goes out they'll fail in a "closed" position or part way in a neither here nor there position & if disengaging is the issue, this may apply. Also I've found that you may or may not have power to the switch as a result of bad solenoid.. weird shit...

 

HA! .. Dodge too, happened twice on my '72 Power Wagon, eletric solenoid for switching valve for gas tanks. fuckers would fail in closed (half way ) position every time

 

Thanks guys...I found the problem.I pull the cap off of the rear end to expose the locker pin. And found that the channel was clogged with a little trash.so it was creating a suction on the cap witch wasn't letting the pin shift...problem solved

 

Cool. Gotta love the simple fix.

 

HA! No shit, ya dodged a bullet for sure....