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Originally Posted by special-K
The technique I used was let it spin lazily until you feel them engage. Not nail it until you feel them grenade. Same with the Gov-Loc. I never blew one of those either using the same technique. It's the trade-off for the convenience. I never looked at walking up to my front wheels and turning knobs as a hard thing to do anyway. I'm a manual kind of guy
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The hubs didn't blow up, they just didn't engage until after I pulled forward and tried to back up again several times. Fortunately we weren't stuck - just trying to do something a little bit difficult. It's not "convenient" when your 4wd doesn't work when you need it.
The last ten years or so we had that Suburban, I almost never
unlocked the hubs as the only time we drove it was when the roads were really bad, or else to just go charge the battery and I wanted to lube up the front end anyway.
My 89 K1500 front axles are permanently locked together as it is a "ranch" truck. I'm still waiting to see how the electric/gear actuator holds up on the 2016 long term. It has the manual TC lever but still the "thing" between the front axles. It also has the limited slip rear which I really like but I don't know if it is as vulnerable as the old ones? But I drive like the grandpa that I am
