Thread: Strongest Rover front axle combo for SIII.

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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