Thread: Clearance under Salisbury diff?

It is a big difference.

Although its roughly 1.5" difference, that is significant as its a comparitive measurement to the vehicles that make the ruts which makes the difference.

For touring... and general 4WDing, it doesn't make a lot of difference.

Originally Posted by Kelly928

From what I have read the clearance under a Sals is lower than that of diffs post 2002. Is it a big difference? and does it actually make a difference in terms of hang ups? If so can anything be done to improve clearance...eg grinding a few mm off.

Clearance under the diff is dependent on tyre size and diff guard used. Larger tyres larger clearance.

IF you are worried about the diff clearance then it is possible to improve the clearance. Distance between crown wheel and bottom of diff case is apparently35mm. Cut the bottom of diff case off, weld on say 6-8 mm plate and diff guard and you gain an extra 25+mm clearance.

Is it worth all the hassle of doing it? Rock crawling? Yes
Competition use? Possibly

Normal use/touring? Probably not


Regards

Brendan

I was constantly getting hung up with mine, but going to 33" tyres made a big difference

I won't be grinding the bottom of mine away, as I haven't yet really been STUCK, I can just hear it 'touching' everynow and then

I agree with Leeds, Touring and normal to difficult use I wouldn't worry, it is after all a far superior differential to the P38 rear diff post 2002 defender 110/ 130. Strangely, LR fitted the rover diffs to the rear of 90's, but not the 110/ 130!! These are I believe a better crownwheel etc, but the P38 is a 4 pin.

JC

mine drags all the time.....touring its been OK, day weekend trip doing the tougher stuff its been a pain in the rear.....

considering 255/85/16 for my next tyre

Check out Rick130's post on diff shaving.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...brazilian.html

Simon

90's along with Discos and Range Rover classics used the std rover diff as they arent expected to cope with the load weights of the 110 or 130.

The Salisbury is definetely the strongest axle available, including the later p38 4 pin which was in the later ones as mentioned above.

If you have a salisbury and want to improve matters, dont change teh axle, Fit bigger tyres or 'shave' the casing. Otherwise you will probably break something

Cheers

And the rest of the links here
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/good-oil/6...tml#post781177

Simon

I use mine off road quite a bit and as I say to my club members, "The rear diff is the thing that stops me"
So I don't play in mud where toyos with diffs the size of rockmellons go with 35" tyres.
Otherwise it has only really held me up once when I had to be dragged down a rutted hill. Normally I can find a path that avoids the problem but it doesn't come up too often.
Steve.