How to lock differential?
I'm a new driver and need some helps. My e350 super duty ford van has one rear tire stuck in the mud and spin; I want to lock differential so that another rear tire can move on. Any advise is afficiated.
I'll bet you DO want to lock it, but you can't. It's either a Limited Slip Differential, LSD, Locker… Or Not. Yours is Not. If you can't pull it out with a Tow Strap you have no choice than to jack up the wheel and fill the hole with sand or whatever. You might want to replace that diff with a locker, probably $1,000 installed… You use Different Gear Oil.
"If you do get an open differential (non LS), you can "trick" the rear into thinking it is a LS by partially applying the parking brake until you get unstuck."
Not gonna happen, Skippy. Your van doesn't have a locking rear differential.
Purchase a posi-traction differential and have it put in.
Pull the cover off and arc weld the "spider" gears so they won't turn. That'll get you out of the mud, but you'll need to have new gears installed afterward. (I'M NOT SERIOUS, PEOPLE) don't start with the thumbs down and sarcastic remarks.
Maybe you'd better have a friend PULL you out of the mud. Much cheaper.
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