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I'll second that! ^^^^ The 4.7 diff will never be strong anyway. I have even tried pegging them here and still strip teeth as have less tooth contact area then say a 3.54. The axles are easy to fix as mentioned but wont be cheap. Just don't spin the wheels in rocks with 32" or larger tyres and she will be fine! Never give it some in reverse! Thats the real killer of a front end.;)
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The plot so far... the 109 axles are slightly stronger, but the diff certer is made from swiss, a fact I may or may not find if I go in either forward or reverse directions. Oh well, I'll still give the 109 a nudge and get the better brakes as a consolation.
I'm not normally a leadfoot, so I probably won't break anything, but I'd just like more strength as insurance. Having said that, the flipped Salisbury sounds like something I will mull over for the future.
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Cheers,
Daryl.
Hmmm,
Lets see, had a series 2 for 7 years and never broke an axle/diff. Old man had a series 3 from new ('79) and well over a million k's and one diff and 3 axles. Always ran on 750/16's. Never got dramatically stuck where we would have needed obscenely large tyres.
Some here will be old enough to recall the oldest proverb:
Land Rovers don't break axles. Drivers do.
I've been driving Series Landrovers for over fifty years, in all sorts of conditions, and sometimes pretty overloaded. In that time I have broken no axles and one rear diff (in my current 2a 109 - cross shaft in the diff centre broke, unloaded at the time, going uphill, 2nd/hi, but rocky).
John
I have busted a series 1 diff and an axle not doing anything special. I busted a series axles turning right in the burbs - certainly series axles are weak.
Garry