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  1. 3rd April 2006, 05:17 PM #1
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    Advice on Salisbury Axles

    I recently put a detroit locker in the rear of my old Series 3 Stage 1. Yes it has a salisbury and I seek advice on replacing the axles with Maxis. Will the Rover 24 Spline Salisbury axles stand up to a locker or have people had failures by not changing them.
    For the record I have found the Detroit exceptional with a few little quirks on road but nothing like I have read about.

    Thanks in advance
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    Salisbury axle

    I have seen the Salisbury take a lot of punishment with and without Lockers. In my opinion in most slippery 4wd situations the load would be less- not more with a locker added.
    However if you want to put on bigger tyres and tackle rocky steep slopes, then you might need stronger axles.
    My stage 1 took a lot of stick and had chains on a fair bit- no worries.
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    Over the last ten years I have been witness to several of these axles snaping. but as a rule the salisbury diff and axles are tough, age will be the only killer with regard to reliability.

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    i reckon you should upgrade axles to either maxis or jack macnamarra axles both of these are superior to standard now you have a locker

    its mainly the axle flanges on the standard axles that give trouble well on the defenders mainly
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    Don't know but it was sujested that part of my rear mods included the sulbury diff with a Maxidrive locker and axel.
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  6. 3rd April 2006, 06:38 PM #6
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    Dont worry about changing the axles.

    They cop heaps of abuse, they were made with about the best quality steel Land Rover ever used.

    I've got one with a pretty big twist at the momemnt, but I will just change that for another 2md hand or even new at around $40.

    PS - My stage 1 has lockers and Q78 swampers and I dont mind using the loud pedal if needed
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