Can someone tell me if this is normal? Its the wire that enters the diff near the air breather line. The other end goes into an electrical connector that feeds into the engine bay. If you look at the wire, it looks like its taped with black electrical tape on both ends but in the center its filled with AIR as its puffy and looks inflated. Very strange looking.

 

If the sensor is functioning correctly then there are no issues. Sometimes strange things happen that we cant explain, but the old adage holds true......" if it ain't broke then don't fix it"!

 

No one has seen this?

 

This is the locker sensor harness. It has a foam cover to protect the wires in the middle.

During my recent regear I bumped the plunger and bent the housing which makes the switch inoperable. I was going to plug it for a couple of days so I cut the harness. The new one is below. Almost $75 for the fuggin thing! Interestingly, the switch is made in Japan and seems to be a high quality peice as long as you don't bump a 40lb carrier assembly into it.

 

Thanks for the reply.

Yea thats it!!!

Just odd that they only used foam in the center of the stretch of wire and not the full span from end to end.

How does that thing work?... the metal end of the shaft extends and detects the presence of the locker engaged vs not?

 

The plunger (4) is spring loaded and pulls out. When it pulls out it closes the circuit which tells the computer that its locked and the dash indicator stops blinking and glows steady.



There is a ring, right next to the electromagnetic coil (3) on the locker that moves with the locking assembly and pulls the plunger when the teeth (2) engage.

 

Thanks for the explanation and pics!