Axles

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Originally Posted by B.S.F.

Just like this.

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Aah, yes, I remember it well. Had a few more than that back then.

Weren't the axles in the PLUS 35 meant to be 'stronger'
I believe this to be correct as I recalled a conversation with Barry Marshall at Burringbah one day about the PLUS 35.

whitehillbilly

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Originally Posted by scarry

Did all the Series 3 have the Salisbury axle/diff setup?

Just wondering as the LWB series 3s my fathers company had,didn't break any axles,and they certainly got a flogging.
They were all the 6 cyl,and were often fully loaded,at times dragging trailers.
Getting badly stuck was sometimes a daily routine.

I remember the spare axles in the back,wrapped up in canvas,as we,as kids spent most of our time in there,amongst all the other gear,with not much airflow,but we survived....[biggrin]

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Yes, as far as I know, all lwb Series 3 had Salisbury rears, which just don't break axles except possible some armoured ones and other specials, but I think even they did. Certainly none of them had Rover axles.

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Originally Posted by sharmy

There was some kind of diff mod available at one stage that allowed salisbury axles to fit the swb.

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I had this in an 88. The Salisbury looked absolutely factory fitment rather than a modified axle.

http://www.slunnie.com/coppermine/al...l_P1010002.jpg

I think they may have been an option, and were fitted to armoured 88s and some other special vehicles. I have never seen one, and i would expect the only ones in Ausrtralia were on private imports, or possibly some trial builds for the AMF.

My 1975 Series 3 88” has one of those Salisbury diff and axle set ups. It was on it when I bought it and I don’t know anything of its origin.

Drives just fine.

Cheers

The potential issue with a salisbury in an 88 is that the prop shaft is pretty short due to the longer nose, and this leads to somewhat extreme U-joint angles, and probably precludes suspension lifts.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

I had this in an 88. The Salisbury looked absolutely factory fitment rather than a modified axle.

http://www.slunnie.com/coppermine/al...l_P1010002.jpg

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Yes, the one fitted to my 88” looks like it was a factory effort rather than custom creation.