Question about my front diff......

[sctrailrider]

My truck is a 91 GMC K2500, I have the front differential that has the half shafts...
To lock the front in 4X4, there is a cly that from what I understand heats up and somehow locks the front axle in. It does work but it takes a little while for it to lock in, I have it wired to a toggle switch on the dash and not the stock switch.

The question is ... is there anyway to go a different route than the stock way, I mean is there anything that I could purchase that would work better than the stock cly thingy??

[a5150nut]

There was a guy in Oregon that mad a manual pull handle to replace the cylinder. He also had just a rod with a set screw. Swore he han his locked all the time with no problems.

Sorry, don't remember the name of it. But it was a tee handle with a wire inside of a spiral wound cover like the controls on a lawn mower.

[DmaxMaverick]

Later model servo/stepper motor lockers can be used. Some modification required, but not bad.