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9. Differential lock
WARNING
To avoid personal injury or death due to loss of
steering control:
• Do not operate the tractor at high speed with
the differential lock engaged.
• Do not attempt to turn with the differential lock
engaged.
• Be sure to release the differential lock before
making a turn in field conditions.
9.1 Selection of differential lock modes
Select any of the following differential lock modes as
required.
Mode
AUTO differ-
ential lock
mode
The differential lock turns itself on and off in re-
sponse to the following conditions.
Travelling
speed
Front wheel
turning angle
4-wheel differ-
ential lock
Below 10
km/h (6.2
mph)
Approx. 15º or
less
ON
Approx. 15º or
more
OFF
Between 10
and 20 km/h
(6.2 and 12.4
mph) or so
Approx. 10º or
less
ON
Approx. 10º or
more
OFF
Above 20
km/h (12.4
mph)
-
OFF
Manual differ-
ential lock
mode
The 4 wheels are always put in the differential
lock mode.
Differential
lock OFF
mode
The 4 wheels are always out of the differential
lock mode.
9.2 Switching of differential lock modes
For Standard model:
1. Press the top half of the differential lock switch, and
the AUTO differential lock mode is selected and the
indicator on the instrument panel lights up.
2. Press the bottom half of the differential lock switch,
and the manual differential lock mode is selected
and the indicator on the instrument panel lights up.
3. Return the differential lock switch to a central
position, and the differential lock mode turns off and
the indicator goes off.
(1) Differential lock switch
(A) AUTO differential lock mode
(B) Manual differential lock
mode
(C) Differential lock OFF mode
For Premium, Premium KVT models:
1. Each time the differential lock button is pressed, the
manual differential lock mode turns
“ON”
or
“OFF”
.
If this mode is
“ON”
, the indicator on the instrument
panel lights up.
Switching to the
“AUTO differential lock”
mode can
be done with the K-monitor.
(See Setting the driveability on page 90.)
(1) Differential lock button
(A) “PUSH”
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