Thread: Salisbury diff housing failures

Here is another one this one was caused by the Maxi Drive diff lock

Jordan Rover-Tech :: Jordan Rover-Tech - Perth, Western Australia

I know that some of the early series around 1972 models had this issue.
There were a couple abandoned in the Sahara Desert as a result.

A certain individual who had a cattle station near Alice Springs deliberately destroyed one by putting half a dozen 44 gallon drums in the back and pounding it over station tracks.

While it can happen it doesn't seem to be particularly common that said I know the Series 3s that the Army had were modified by pressing a piece of tube into the housing.

wow interesting.

There are plenty that will know a lot more than me however this one seems to have an impact mark at the 2 oclock position? Maybe it happened after or as a result of the failure.



Is this the part that was seated inside the diff housing?

Yeah, wow about sums up my thoughts too. That diff lock addition caused the failure for sure in the last one. The white 110 I'm seeing double springs and shocks.... Overloaded? The orange 110... Yeah it's got a bit on the roof but not that much.... The pic where the axle tube has sheared has those marks as though it became loose in the housing... I believe them to be a pressed fit though so find it hard to believe that it came loose.... Interested to know more for sure!!??

andrew.......you should stop searching the web otherwise you might be selling the rig

when i crossed the simpson solo i was dreaming all sorts of failures

So tomorrow night I was going to finish putting my sals back together, now I'm not so sure,
Thanks for that Inside

First indications of this sort of failure is weeping oil around the tube. They are a press-fit and a couple of puddle welds. Leaf sprung vehicles hold together better than that though!

Bob

I know one that failed where the MD actuator block was attached.

Originally Posted by flagg

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Is this the part that was seated inside the diff housing?

yes.

The first one looks as though its cracked from the edge of where the tube was pool welded into the housing.

That double spring looks like a pretty heavy outer (500 lb/in ??, plus a 130 inner). I'd guess they are easily over 3500kg as my county is at 2900kg and I've got nothing like what they have loaded in that.
Someone posted a link to similar photos recently, and IIRC the description was along the lines of heavily loaded and hit a large pothole at around 80k's. Is this the same one?

I've heard that the 130's have thicker tubes than 110's. Anyone know the thickness of each one?


Steve