Thread: J MAC AXLES

Doesn't a Defender have a Salisbury.
Its my understanding, though I have never done it that the Rangie and Defender Salisbury are a straight change over, ie you can put the whole Rangie axle under the Defender or vice versa as the spring pad position, trailing arms , centre ball joint are the same. But if it is a Salisbury the axle length will probably be different..
Again I am not certain, but if it is the later light duty axle , then logic suggests it would fit,but then Land Rover is rarely logical.
So I probably haven't helped at all.
Regard sPhilip A

Well you allmost helped

BUMP !

so 111 people have veiwed this post and only one reply.

so where are all these techno bods , do i have to do the old fashion thing and remove both sets of axles and measure them come on guys some one should know ops: ops:

just ring you know who :wink:

he'll tell you on the spot

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I hear you ray i did,nt think it was a hard question 8O i guess it was ill give glen a ring at roverland in ferntreegully on friday



thanks ray

Surely you could ask Jac Macnamara. He did make and sell the things to you. 8O

thanks mick you have dealt with the man he is bad enough when your buying something imagine what he,s like when you want advice , glen would be a better option me thinks

Rangieman, you haven't really given the most basidc information to give an answer.
1 Is your rear axle a Salisbury. You can tell by sticking your head underneath the back and looking to see if it has a bolt on cover plate. If it is a Salisbury , Range Rover axles will NOT fit.

2 Later Defenders had a different lighter duty axle, and I do not know whether the Range Rover axles will fit.

3 The point I was also trying to make is that its entirely possible in both cases that you can switch the entire axle. Whether you want to do this with a Salisbury is a moot point, but I think the later axle is just a Rangie axle with a dual crosshaft diff. I am not sure of this however . You would have to get out with a tape measure and see if the track, spring pads, etc are exactly the same.
Regards Philip A