Thanks guys. This has been one of my more “intrusive mods/preventative mx. I wish I did this BEFORE putting on my rear diff skid , but just a couple of extra steps.
If they ever pot the sensors from the factory they should most definitely do something for you helping them realize their mistake. I'm sure it won't happen, but they should.
Nah, man. I'm never expecting something like that. I was just joking.
It's really critical. If you heat the material up before it's cured, it'll bleed out of the sensor.
Gotcha. I def want to give it the full 24 cure time. I’ll be 24 hrs from initial pot, so that’ll be perfect. I thought it sounded like I had to to wait a full 24 from the 5 hr initial cure to clean up the outside. Thanks again.
If everything was done correctly, they should just work. Did you test it before putting the cover on and filling it with fluid?
No- I didn’t test it before putting the cover on. Perhaps I should have. An update tho- so as I was writing the first post, I was in 4lo and attempting to lock front and rear (light was flashing). I put it drive and went toward 5 feet, they both locked. Then I battled the next 10 mins trying to get them to fully unlock. At one point they were unlocked, and I went back to 2h, went to drive and the rear intermittently said locked. I also felt the wheel hop , telling me I don’t think the rear ever unlocked. I continued to cycle through gear status and 2h to 4 lo, with ans without a slow roll, finally the rear unlocked. Random question- how much dielectric grease did you use on the connector, I filled the plug and had it ooze out when I reconnected. Too much?
Yeah, it's possible you used too much. I normally don't use any at all.
^True story. Lol
I would say possible, but unlikely. I tested the lockers pretty well just before, worked fine. When I pulled them to pot, neither were super dirty, nor had oil inside. My working theory is right now I overdid the dielectric grease by way too much, causing intermittent signals from the locker, this replicating the problem as if the sensor had shorted. I guess I’ll have to open up the diffs again, clean out the plugs, and reservice. I just wish I didn’t have to take the damn rear skid off again.
Yeah, that skid is annoying. It sounds like everything is working, but just intermittently like you’re saying. I bet you’ll be good to go. Thanks for the updates. Not many have had issues at all, so the anomaly right now with yours is the grease. Good place to start.
One piece of advice, start early. I removed tge tape before I went to bed because I didn't want it to weld into the porky. It was still wet so the epoxy shifted a little overnight. I had to scrape off the excess.
