Thread: Salisbury diff housing failures

Fixated lol I don't think so just interested
Was probably making the point that the driver wasn't necessarily being irresponsible for hitting a pothole at 90 km/h not all road conditions reflect what we experience in Australia.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

I'm not sure why you are fixated on this one incident. The other sals tubes which have failed did not do so after a single catastrophic event.

e.g. the JRT llink and the PO of RedOctober's 110 who noticed an oil lead one day and found the tube had cracked.

Maybe 90kmh is too fast in most of Africa?

Originally Posted by djam1

Nothing worse than a sealed road that has potholes that you could loose a VW Beetle in.
Drivers become complacent and you hit the pothole from hell at 90 km/h
Don't see it in Australia often but other areas of the world its a reality

Come for a drive around Sydney and that may change your mind about "not in Australia"...

I've seen one that failed out here a few years back,the tube just pulled out of the casting,my TDCi has copped a hammering out here and it's weak P38 diff is doing fine. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

I've seen one that failed out here a few years back,the tube just pulled out of the casting,my TDCi has copped a hammering out here and it's weak P38 diff is doing fine. Pat

Isn't it a 90? I thought they still had a rover rear diff???

Originally Posted by PAT303

I've seen one that failed out here a few years back,the tube just pulled out of the casting,my TDCi has copped a hammering out here and it's weak P38 diff is doing fine. Pat

oh nooooo, my Sals with 350k on it AND a MD locker must be sooooo lucky to still be in one peice. Why have I not died in a fireball of death

Originally Posted by uninformed

oh nooooo, my Sals with 350k on it AND a MD locker must be sooooo lucky to still be in one peice. Why have I not died in a fireball of death

Hello,someone has rubbished the holey of holies,the mighty Sals diff.Sorry Serg,never like them,never will.I'll have a rover full of Ashcrofts gear or the P38 with the same anyday.My Sals has 450k by the way,only ever changed the pinion seal,still don't like it. Pat

Originally Posted by djam1

I spoke to an ex associate of Maxi Drive yesterday and they indicated that Mal only did a few Salisbury housings.
His way of strengthening them was to put a piece of 12x40 mm strap from one side to another running under the pumpkin.

Mine appears to be braced on the long side only, and only to the diff pumpkin.



Considering that the front is both tubed and laminated (see below), he must have thought this was all that's required on the sals axle?



Out of curiosity, anyone's Maxied salisbury bracing look different to this?

Cheers

Bojan