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muddysteve:
is replacing the diff input seal on a salisbury axle the same as a rover type diff? or am i going to have mare  :?

V8MoneyPit:
Be prepared for a major job! I was told to go and find a good used axle when it started leaking. It was going to be cheaper than the labour to do the job!

It's not the same as the Rover axle. Something to do with a collapsable spacer. I think you have to pull the diff apart from the back to get to the seal. This requires a hydraulic spreader IIRC!

Xtremeteam:

--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---Be prepared for a major job! I was told to go and find a good used axle when it started leaking. It was going to be cheaper than the labour to do the job!

It's not the same as the Rover axle. Something to do with a collapsable spacer. I think you have to pull the diff apart from the back to get to the seal. This requires a hydraulic spreader IIRC!
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you on drugs?

it comes apart just like a rover axle & takes about the same amount o time to change

had to do them regularly on the V8 90 as it had a sals & was run in the muck everyweekend,

Tommo:
i was worryed for a second there cos i changed mine on thursday and all i did was undo the flange, prise it out with a screwdriver and bosh a new one in.

V8MoneyPit:
OK. Fair enough. I was told porkys then  :?

Edit that!!
Just looked it up in the genuine workshop manual and there can be trouble replacing the seal. The problem is that the collapsable spacer between the bearings should be replaced each time. If you don't you can increase the preload on the taper bearings each time you torque up the flange nut.

It can all be done from the front, but you shouldn't really do it without replacing the spacer.

Obviously, you can simply swap the seal, re-torque it and hope for the best. And you may get away with it. But it isn't what Land Rover tell you to do.

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