Keeping truck in neutral when not running

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I would like to know the best way to keep my truck in neutral when I turn off the enging with the 8 speed transmission.
In the next couple of weeks I plan to replace the open rear differential with a limited slip differential, and want to keep it in neutral so I can turn the yoke without removing the drive shaft. Thanks
 
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I'll assume you have rotary shifter: There's a orange strap under dash to manually take transmission out of park in the event of a power loss or malfunction. It should be above the E-brake release handle.

Also, would shifting the t-case into neutral work?
 
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ETHIKILL2 said:
I'll assume you have rotary shifter: There's a orange strap under dash to manually take transmission out of park in the event of a power loss or malfunction. It should be above the E-brake release handle.

Also, would shifting the t-case into neutral work?
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Thanks for the reply. I do have the rotary shifter, and I could not find any orange strap, but when Pushing the neutral button, the truck would roll even when the selector is in park. So I should be good to go. Thanks for the reply.
 
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Ram Rebel said:
Thanks for the reply. I do have the rotary shifter, and I could not find any orange strap, but when Pushing the neutral button, the truck would roll even when the selector is in park. So I should be good to go. Thanks for the reply.
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It's behind the lower dash plate on the left side of the steering wheel.... look in your owners manual under "getting towed" or something like that.

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQ2LTCh2R8
 
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