Thread: Russian Landrover

Wow, solid live axles for the front. Quite impressive!

Looks like a front sals as well.

having a look through the site, theres some really amazing stuff through russia, some great, some haunting, some saddening..... seems so different to the world most of us know

Originally Posted by tempestv8

Wow, solid live axles for the front. Quite impressive!

Not Sals, the dif housing is cast in 2 peaces left and right sides, they are bolted together inline with the crown wheel.

Originally Posted by Sprint

having a look through the site, theres some really amazing stuff through russia, some great, some haunting, some saddening..... seems so different to the world most of us know

the world most ofus know is AUSTRALIA, russia is more like the rest of the world than Gods own is

If those Russian cars are anything like their machine tools, they will be very robustly constructed and almost unbreakable. Kaffir proof, as they say in Africa.

G'day All, Most likely a 'Timken' diff as used in WW2 trucks (CMP & Studebakers) cheers Dennis

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

If those Russian cars are anything like their machine tools, they will be very robustly constructed and almost unbreakable. Kaffir proof, as they say in Africa.

Unfortunaly not, the average russian will pay 10K USD for 15 year old Opel or VW import with 400 000klm on the clock than tuch any thing new russian, i have a mate whos father pruchased a new Lada Samra, the right rear wheel came off on the drive Home.