Thread: Shaving the bottom of a Salisbury?

Jimbo110's budget Salisbury shave........

Easy.....just attack it with a grinder to get 1/2 inch clearence and a better shape.
Any more than that will require more work.
Recommend a after market diff cover if you want to stop the oil leaks after grinding it.
ARB are currently making a good one.

Originally Posted by noogie

I'm ditching the Cr@ppy p38 for something that's tough & reliable.

That's no way to talk about Ron!

can I make a suggestion first!

Be completely honest with your self will doing all that work really mean the difference between getting to where you want to go or getting stuck because one little area can be made a 1/2" higher?

Not trying to dissuade you from doing it but unless you have been out and hung up because of it then I really cant see the point. a deefa it a bloody formidable 4wd that given other mods make it even better - winch, lockers etc. I spent several years in the NT off road in the early 80's - i.e. no road shooting buffaloe, horses and donkeys in a series III tray back with a sals in it and never got hung up to the point where I was stuck. This was in some of the roughest and isolated places that most people only see in movies, genuine hundreds of k's from the nearest homestead and having to be completely self sufficient - no radio no GPS no EPIRB, a hand winch long handled shovel and some rope was all we had in regard to recovery equipment.

My point being unless you are in a comp where you have to go over a specific course in a specific manner then there is always a different angle to aproach something.

P.S. agree totally with the Sals transplant though

As Ron said, it's easy.

I took 3/4" off without compromising anything, other than needing an aftermarket cover to stop the weeping and relocated the bottom bolt.
This happened way back in '06 and the 130 is used hard, usually tareing out at over 3000kg and driven hard over indifferent roads.

A Salisbury with a Brazilian.....

Unfortunately most of the pics have been lost as my image hoster went belly up, and one thing I didn't do that Jimbo did in his thread was weld the drain plug in, I just used high strength loctite, screwed it in tight and ground away

Not 255/75/16 it's 255/85/16 that's 33.5in

Go for it , it's the best way to get more diff clearance with out fitting bigger tires .
If you already have the tools it's a cheep mod .
1/2 inch off the diff is the same as fitting inch bigger tires .

I ground mine so it has almost the same clearance as my front with a diff guard on .

And yes it will make a difference it will slide a lot better when stuck in ruts instead of gouging out the ground .

Cheers WMD

Originally Posted by blitz

can I make a suggestion first!

Be completely honest with your self will doing all that work really mean the difference between getting to where you want to go or getting stuck because one little area can be made a 1/2" higher?

Not trying to dissuade you from doing it but unless you have been out and hung up because of it then I really cant see the point. a deefa it a bloody formidable 4wd that given other mods make it even better - winch, lockers etc. I spent several years in the NT off road in the early 80's - i.e. no road shooting buffaloe, horses and donkeys in a series III tray back with a sals in it and never got hung up to the point where I was stuck. This was in some of the roughest and isolated places that most people only see in movies, genuine hundreds of k's from the nearest homestead and having to be completely self sufficient - no radio no GPS no EPIRB, a hand winch long handled shovel and some rope was all we had in regard to recovery equipment.

My point being unless you are in a comp where you have to go over a specific course in a specific manner then there is always a different angle to aproach something.

P.S. agree totally with the Sals transplant though

Sounds like some seriously awesome driving.
You do make a valid point.
I figure if it isn't rocket science & easy enough I may as well give it a go and grab whatever clearance I can.