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If you are going to spend the extra $$$, then Ashcroft's HDP38 complete centre ( with air locker ) is your best option.
Easy fit up as it bolts straight in, strong as a Salisbury if not stronger, maintain your ground clearance, it's brand new of the shelf (won't have hundred's of thousand km's on it) and dollars will be within the ball park for Salisbury replacement.
Just my thoughts......
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Originally Posted by Drover
maybe he is taking into account housing strength?Quote:
Originally Posted by djam1
They are both good options, For me if I didnt have the Sals already, id have to do the complete cross pricing very carefully, as Id probably prefer the Ashcroft P38. Reason being: better housing, better ground clearance, easy strong enough for what we do. Shafts, stubs, hubs etc are going to be same so no difference there.
If the owner already has the P38 type, it may be cheaper to just go Ashcroft??? What is the Sals sources isnt set up for ABS? does that complicate things??
Can someone state what the cost of the Ashcroft HDP38 with locker is please??
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Originally Posted by Drover
That may be one of the funniest things I have read all year.
I give Drover the benefit of doubt and assume he meant what Uninformed alluded to, which I have little argument with except the it hasn't been proven, one way or the other, that the P38 style housing strength is greater than the HD Salisbury as fitted to 130's.
Taking Drover's words literally, it was in reference to "Ashcroft's HDP38 complete centre ( with air locker )", which is so obviously far from true. So I think probably just some exuberance due to Christmas spirit, or the like.
Up to that claim it was good advice.
Com'on fella's,
Enough of the banging on about the attributes of the Sal's.
The new Ashcroft HDP38 is a custom developed entirely new new centre.
Hy-Pod gear design, extra 75mm spacing on the pinion gear, Ashcrofts locker (2280 unit sold zero failures), P38 housing.
It's okay to call the sal's as stronger.....but where is your back up ?
The front diff and CDL... :D :wasntme: (You'll never need it with a Salisbury rear!!.... Sorry!) :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
I think you mean "hypoid" and Bush65 may just be well qualified to comment on these or any diff/gear design ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
Ashcroft themselves admit that they were constrained by the (poor) geometry of the P38 diff. (polishing and turd spring to mind).Quote:
Originally Posted by Drover
The sals is far from the world's best diff, but it is a heap stronger than any rover size diff, and there are thousands of upgrade options.
To make it simple for you:
Rover vs Sals (the P38 diff is physically the same size as a rover diff).
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...014/11/201.jpg
http://www.lrfaq.org/Series/images/R...sburyDiff2.jpg
(I previously posted a pic of P38A vs rover diff centres side by side in another thread).
The Ashcroft design is great, but at the end of the day it is a custom design available from only one supplier. The sals is most definitely stronger, and has been proven over 55 years (including Dana 60 variants). Parts are available from thousands of suppliers worldwide.
p.s. the word you are looking for is hypoid.