Thread: Snapped my first axle! Change to sailsbury rear axle?

Remind us whether you have a 109" or 88" and what both vehicles started off as?

In short the issues will be:

• The Salisbury has a longer pinion so the prop shaft is shorter.
• The 4 cyl models and 6 cyl models have their gear boxes in different positions, which determines the prop shaft length.
• SIII Salisbury have M16 wheel studs, SIIa have 9/16 BSF. (You may want to change the front hubs to match the Sals rear.)
• 109" have their rear springs outboard of the chassis, 88" the springs are under the chassis.

My car is a 109" with 6cyl running gear but a holden 202 motor.

The donor car in question is a 109" 4 cyl with all orig running gear.

can the prop shaft be lengthened or shortened easily?

Originally Posted by COFFEY76

My car is a 109" with 6cyl running gear but a holden 202 motor.

The donor car in question is a 109" 4 cyl with all orig running gear.

can the prop shaft be lengthened or shortened easily?

Yes, the propshaft can be sorted by any reputable engineering shop for about $100+/-

The rear axle will bolt straight in.

You may wish to swap the complete front as well (a) to keep the hubs the same as Diana mentioned, and (b) to get the marginally stronger S111 109" front axle.

Originally Posted by COFFEY76

My car is a 109" with 6cyl running gear but a holden 202 motor.

The donor car in question is a 109" 4 cyl with all orig running gear.

can the prop shaft be lengthened or shortened easily?

All good except the prop shaft. These can be shortened, but is required to be done by a qualified shop, at least in NSW, and my experience is ridiculously expensive, although this depends on who is doing it.

John

Riiiight, well that is good news about the prop shaft.

The fellow who has the SIII is only selling it for $400 as is.

So i figure its a bargin and means i can pull it apart and have heaps of spare parts for my car. Possibly sell parts that i dont need.

The car i looked at is a sIII single cab tray, with sails rear axle and original 4 cylinder engine. Ive been assured that the car runs but only on 3cylinders and chassis looks in reasonable condition. Its been maintained for many years as a boat launching car for a boat engineering company around lake eildon so brakes are in fairly good upkeep.

what kinda price could i expect to fetch for a SIII 4 cylinder engine if i were to sell it?

Why are SIII front axles stronger? are they not the same as IIA front axles?

also got a few pics of the IIA doing some tracks i might

also got a few pics of the IIA doing some tracks i might chuck up in a sec.

Originally Posted by COFFEY76

Why are SIII front axles stronger? are they not the same as IIA front axles?

SIII 109 outer axles are 24-spline. IIA and SIII 88" are 10. As I said, only marginally stronger - just means they break at the UJ or inner rather than the outer.

I wouldn't bank on getting much money for the bits you don't need. Often you have trouble giving series bits away. I bought a SIII salisbury a while back for $200.

Ah yeah 24 spilne, excellent that will help! But the sailsbury rear will be much longer lived than the Rover rear axle?