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2014 power divider

Discussion in 'International Forum' started by freebirdusa, Oct 4, 2015.

  1. Oct 4, 2015 #1
    freebirdusa

    freebirdusa Light Load Member

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    Does anyone know if the PDL button is the same thing as flipping the differential switch. If so shouldn't all 4 (super singles) wheels engage? I drove 600miles all the way home yesterday. And I get home to back it in my driveway and got stuck blocking the whole(non-busy road). the only wheels spinning were the right side. The abs, traction control and a triangle shaped light have been on for a while. I wrote it up when I first saw the lights and they supposedly sent it to international. (2014 prostar). Well when I got back in the truck after they said it was fixed the dang lights came right back on after going 2 miles down the road. It pissed me off and I just said ok you guys say its fixed, so I just drove . Maybe if it broke down somewhere they would actually fix it.
     
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  3. Oct 4, 2015 #2
    freebirdusa

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    I failed to mention that the right side tires were about a foot off the asphalt in the wet grass and the left were on the road. I wouldn't have let the right side get off the road if I knew the left would not engage.
     
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  4. Oct 4, 2015 #3
    AModelCat

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    Sounds like all you have is an inter axle lock. That will only lock your front and rear drive axles together. You would need an additional locker in each diff to get all 4 wheels to lock together.
     
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  5. Oct 4, 2015 #4
    Heavyd

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    NM is correct. PDL is for power divider lock which is the inter-axle lock which only locks the front axle to the rear axle, but does not lock all 4 wheels together. If you have one wheel on each axle loosing traction you still aren't going anywhere. Obviously something is still wrong with the ABS/TC and I hope they are able to fix it right next time!
     
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  7. Oct 4, 2015 #5
    freebirdusa

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    I definitely want this fixed before the snow and ice starts up.
     
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  8. Oct 4, 2015 #6
    damutt

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    ABS/traction control really inst a big deal. not sure what company you workd for(dont really matter) but they are not going to drop the 3k bucks to put in individual lockers in your truck
     
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  9. Oct 5, 2015 #7
    freebirdusa

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    You are right for sure
     
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