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defender axle swap
waldini:
i have just put rangie axles in my series2a easy job. back is easy front is a bit tricky.well worth doing.grind off the old spring mounts weld on new spring perchs job done.
zimsoundz:
--- Quote from: "Rich_P" ---The axles are wider, so wheel arch extensions are likely to be required (ala Defender). But otherwise, you shouldn't have any issues as long as you convert the axles to leafs properly.
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cheers.
do you know if the diff ratio's are the same (i.e. defender front and salsbury rear) ? if not, will this not cause me trouble in 4wd.
--- Quote from: "waldini" ---i have just put rangie axles in my series2a easy job. back is easy front is a bit tricky.well worth doing.grind off the old spring mounts weld on new spring perchs job done.
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i don't suppose you managed to source new spring perch brackets by any chance ?
Gordon
Rich_P:
The diff ratios are indeed different to a standard Series.
S188:
As you can slap rangie diffs (3.54:1) in a series I guess you could fit a series (4.7:1) diff in a rangie axle? Would be easyer than changeing the diff an a sulsbury as you need to spread the caseing to get the diff out of them so I've herd. You wouldn't be able to drive very well with a 32% difference in axle speeds even on loose ground!
My series 1 is slightly Crab Tracked I think, having what I suspect is a series 2 front axle and a proper series 1 rear. Total track difference is about 1.5" and to be honest its slightly anoying off road. Boingy axleas are about 7" wider (at least) than a 2 if I remember right so that could make it even worse. Having said that my problem is probubly due mainly to the S1 axle being so narrow and not fitting modern wider ruts properly (ie coiler ruts) rather than the different axle tracks. I have a stardard series 1 aswell and that hops around in ruts about the same.
By Chance I used to have a series 1 with a wider axle on the rear, that drove fine though was only used in ruts cut by it and other series landys and a narrow Daihatsu F50. It did however keep looseing its hubcaps as they stuck out of the arches and could easily clip a tree (or a gate if your cutting it fine).
Welshbreed:
series 3 109's come with salsbury axles on the rear. I think you need to modify a 109 prop shaft to fit the 88, but this is apparently quite easy.
This site is quite informative, on many things related to land rovers, here's the page to info on salsbury axles
http://www.expeditionlandrover.info/landRoverFAQ/FAQ_salisbury.htm
here's the link to the site
http://www.expeditionlandrover.info
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