Salisbury diff on 110

[phibbzy]

Quick question (probably a stoopid one), is there an easy external aesthetic way to determine if a diff is a salisbury type on a defender 110?

[Chomby]

Rover diffs are round and Salisbury's are not. Thats how i would explain it. The front should be a round diff housing and the rear, if Salisbury, will be a different shape. AFAIK all 110's came with Salisbury rear differentials. And also I don't think any Rovers had Salisbury front except maybe the Series '1 tonners'.

[130man]

Hi, to add to Chomby's info, the Salisbury has a flat section at the bottom. Cheers, 130man.

[steveG]

I'm struggling to find a good comparison image to post for you.
Hop on google and look at images for Landrover Salisbury axle.

Apart from the size (Sals is physically much larger than rover diff), the key difference is the construction. Sals has a huge cast center housing, with the axle tubes pressed into it. Rover diffs are welded together from metal pressings so don't have have the perfectly round axle tubes.

Steve

[phibbzy]

Thanks all,

It looks like its definitely a salisbury type. I hear they're stronger so I'm grad for that but getting a diff lock installed in one is a VERY costly subject...

[steveG]

Thanks all,

It looks like its definitely a salisbury type. I hear they're stronger so I'm grad for that but getting a diff lock installed in one is a VERY costly subject...

Nah - throw in a Detroit.
Cheap and effective and you don't even need to do any backlash setting etc when putting one in a Sals.
Only semi-special tool required is a torque wrench and you'll have it all back together and on the road in a couple of hours at newbie pace.

Steve

[Distortion]

Just had a detroit fitted to my salisbury. I supplied the locker(purchaced through lucky 8) the local guy fitted it for $450 at short notice.

I haven't taken it off road apart from some testing in a vacant lot but you wouldn't know it was there unless you were told and started deliberately trying to get it to lock/unlock round around corners.

I haven't upgraded the axles yet but this is being built more as a tourer so I'm not too concerned

[rijidij]

An easy way to tell is, the rear face of the Salisbury is a cover plate which unbolts.

Salisbury


Rover


Cheers, Murray

[jimr1]

Hi phibbzy , just to add to rijidij post , the Salisbury has been around since the Land Rover Series 3 long wheel base , before that Rover axels were very prone to snapping . The Salisbury is a Darna design , it got it's name from the Brithish Armys testing ground on Salisbury Plain in the uk. A 12 bolt Salisbury is a much stronger diff than a Rover Bandjo diff . jmir1

[dfendr]

The Salisbury differential was developed at the behest of the British MOD, as the existing Rover rear axle assembly was reaching the end of it’s functional life, in particular the 10 spline axle shafts. It is based on an American Dana 60 and was built under license by GKN Corporation in the UK. They became optional on long wheel base (LW civilian models as a dealer installed option in 1966 or so. They became standard equipment on all LWB starting with the Series 3 production. They continued as standard equipment until 2001, at which time they were replaced by the P38 design. The Salisbury differential/axle assembly was overall the most durable axle assembly used by Land Rover.