Thread: Salisbury diff on 110

Rover diffs are round and Salisbury's are not. Thats how i would explain it. The front should be a round diff housing and the rear, if Salisbury, will be a different shape. AFAIK all 110's came with Salisbury rear differentials. And also I don't think any Rovers had Salisbury front except maybe the Series '1 tonners'.

Hi, to add to Chomby's info, the Salisbury has a flat section at the bottom. Cheers, 130man.

I'm struggling to find a good comparison image to post for you.
Hop on google and look at images for Landrover Salisbury axle.

Apart from the size (Sals is physically much larger than rover diff), the key difference is the construction. Sals has a huge cast center housing, with the axle tubes pressed into it. Rover diffs are welded together from metal pressings so don't have have the perfectly round axle tubes.

Steve

Thanks all,

It looks like its definitely a salisbury type. I hear they're stronger so I'm grad for that but getting a diff lock installed in one is a VERY costly subject...

Originally Posted by phibbzy

Thanks all,

It looks like its definitely a salisbury type. I hear they're stronger so I'm grad for that but getting a diff lock installed in one is a VERY costly subject...

Nah - throw in a Detroit.
Cheap and effective and you don't even need to do any backlash setting etc when putting one in a Sals.
Only semi-special tool required is a torque wrench and you'll have it all back together and on the road in a couple of hours at newbie pace.

Steve

Just had a detroit fitted to my salisbury. I supplied the locker(purchaced through lucky 8) the local guy fitted it for $450 at short notice.

I haven't taken it off road apart from some testing in a vacant lot but you wouldn't know it was there unless you were told and started deliberately trying to get it to lock/unlock round around corners.

I haven't upgraded the axles yet but this is being built more as a tourer so I'm not too concerned

An easy way to tell is, the rear face of the Salisbury is a cover plate which unbolts.

Salisbury


Rover


Cheers, Murray

Hi phibbzy , just to add to rijidij post , the Salisbury has been around since the Land Rover Series 3 long wheel base , before that Rover axels were very prone to snapping . The Salisbury is a Darna design , it got it's name from the Brithish Armys testing ground on Salisbury Plain in the uk. A 12 bolt Salisbury is a much stronger diff than a Rover Bandjo diff . jmir1