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SALISBURY DIFF ON A 90
ferret:
Fitted one on my v8 90 and you just need to swap the spring bases off your old axle and get a 2" shorter prop made (wide angle). prop shaft clinic will make one to order for you.
As has already been said they are strong and i swapped mine over when i kept breaking my old axle with 35" simex's but have had no problems since.
Henry Webster:
I have seen Salisburys break, but there's no question they are tough!
Personally I would shy away from them for two reasons.
Firstly the diff casing is significantly bigger and reduces your ground clearance and secondly they are considerably heavier than a 90 axle.
Unless you are going to go silly with huge tyres, tons of power and a brain out attitude to driving, I wouldn't bother! :wink:
H
dew1911:
--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---
Unless you are going to go silly with huge tyres, tons of power and a brain out attitude to driving, I wouldn't bother! :wink:
H
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Explains why Mike had one :lol:
Litch:
--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---I have seen Salisburys break, but there's no question they are tough!
Personally I would shy away from them for two reasons.
Firstly the diff casing is significantly bigger and reduces your ground clearance and secondly they are considerably heavier than a 90 axle.
Unless you are going to go silly with huge tyres, tons of power and a brain out attitude to driving, I wouldn't bother! :wink:
H
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Agreed, although I have never broken one myself I have seen it done and replacing a Salisbury diff is more involved than replacing a Rover one, you have to weigh up the pro's of having a stronger diff & halfshafts agains the difficulty of repair if it does decide to go. Likewise the prop, if you manage to make mincmeat of the rear prop (been there, done that and i'm not just refering to the UJ's either) you have to get a new one made instead of just buying one off the shelf.
Fully agree about the weight, at a guess which is made on personal experience of lugging them around I would say the un-sprung weight is doubled when using a Salisbury.
I seem to recall you loose about 1-inch in under-axle clearaence with the Salisbury against the Rover axle.
Don't get me wrong, love Salisburys and used them for many years front & rear and they are pretty bullet-proof but like everything, not quite indestructable.
When I was in the AWDC many years ago a couple of the guys were looking at using Ford P100 rear axles on their LR based racers, they are also Salisbury's but of a smaller (and therefore lighter) design. They also liked the ratio fitted in these vehicles but I can't remember how they were going to get a matching ratio for the front axle, anyone come across this conversion since?
Xtremeteam:
--- Quote from: "dew1911" ---
--- Quote from: "Henry Webster" ---
Unless you are going to go silly with huge tyres, tons of power and a brain out attitude to driving, I wouldn't bother! :wink:
H
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Explains why Mike had one :lol:
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your gettin a slap when i see you, then again who has went out & competed & tried things?
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