Thread: Salisbury tube removal

Overload by about 75%, drive really fast over the Cape development road, making sure you hit the washouts! Apart from that sorry I dont
Cheers Scott

I don't think there is an easy way. The axle tubes are a press fit into the cast centre and then spot welded in position. So to remove you have to drill out the welds 3/4" from memory and then press the tube back out. Might be easier to find another housing!

Why do you want to?

As said, drill out the plug welds - you'll probably need a carbide burr to get out what a drill won't, and then they come out without a lot of effort... at least they did on a Dana 44 I did a while back.

Refitting is easy but because you'll have dissimilar material to bond (cast housing/steel tube) you'll have to heat the housing before and probably whilst you form the plug weld, otherwise the different cooling rates will see the plug separate from the housing with a neat little 'tink' sound....

Have fun.

Matt.

Bill Davis from GBR Utah, when i was talking about the 110 v's 130 salisbury rear diff, told me to press the tubes into a salisbury i'd need specialist tooling and a 200 tonne press. I appreciate you are doing it in reverse, even so, I don't think it's a job for a Sat arvo with mates.

MLD

Thanks for the advice. Was wondering how dry ice might go to loosen them up. Sort of like putting in sleeves on a block.

Forget it

Tried to do this to shorten one up for the front of a S3.


LPG with 2 oxy, and nitrogen, no go, then you have the issue of lining it all up when re fitting.

In the end I cut the tubes then machined it all out on the lathe. the S3 outers were machined down sleeved and pressed in, cooked it all up then glued it in place