Thread: P38a diff in 'fender problems

Originally Posted by sclarke

It would be interesting to see if the Salisbury can be adapted to take the ABS sensors.
Mmmmm need to see a rover one with ABS....

That case you may not need the brakes that are on it.

If you want the Whole diff, with axles less the brakes you can have it for $300

Clarkie

There are heaps of ABS equipped Sals diffed pre '02 Extreme's running around. Just need the tone rings and sensor from one of them.

Originally Posted by rick130

There are heaps of ABS equipped Sals diffed pre '02 Extreme's running around. Just need the tone rings and sensor from one of them.

Yeah???
Wow easy conversion then....

Originally Posted by rick130

you can easily cut 3/4" off the bottom without affecting structural integrity, (almost the same clearance as a Rover diff then) and if you want to really go to town, there are various threads on OL and Pirate where blokes have cut the bottom totally off, turned down the OD of the CWP and welded on a plate. Much better clearance than a Rover diff.

In that case if you really wanted clearance and strength you would fit a Toy 8" diff centre and then shave the rover housing. Then you'd have more strength than a Rover, and more clearance than a Rover or a shaved Salisbury.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

In that case if you really wanted clearance and strength you would fit a Toy 8" diff centre and then shave the rover housing. Then you'd have more strength than a Rover, and more clearance than a Rover or a shaved Salisbury.

Or you could just sell it and buy a Toyota.....
I cant see the point in making a LR a toyota, we buy them for the LR desire, not to be a hybrid Jap car.....
Or am i out of line???

Originally Posted by Slunnie

In that case if you really wanted clearance and strength you would fit a Toy 8" diff centre and then shave the rover housing. Then you'd have more strength than a Rover, and more clearance than a Rover or a shaved Salisbury.

True, and in the back end of a heavily laden 110/130, you'd probably end up with the same bearing problems from flex in the Rover fabricated housing, but it makes sense in RR/Disco/90.
In an F100 I cracked the 9" housing from overloading more times than I have fingers. A D60 would have laughed at the load (and did in my previous Jeep)

Originally Posted by sclarke

Or you could just sell it and buy a Toyota.....
I cant see the point in making a LR a toyota, we buy them for the LR desire, not to be a hybrid Jap car.....
Or am i out of line???

Clarkie, heaps of blokes have spat out too many Rover CWP's in hard off-roading and the obvious upgrade is fit the Toy centre rather than buy a TLC.
In my eyes it's no different to upgrading springs or shocks. Some go a bit further than others.

Originally Posted by sclarke

It would be interesting to see if the Salisbury can be adapted to take the ABS sensors.
Mmmmm need to see a rover one with ABS....

That case you may not need the brakes that are on it.

If you want the Whole diff, with axles less the brakes you can have it for $300

Clarkie

It is an easy conversion, The sensor rings will have to be drilled through the disc rotors unless you buy new rear rotors to suit 99 on defender. ( Be wary, DBA supply them, but make sure you specify 99 ON defender, otherwise you will get non drilled ones, which are incidentally the same as D1 and RRC front solid rotors...)The stub axles will have to be drilled for the sensors, but the pattern can be obtained by templating a late defender mud shield on to the stub. (Not the backing plate, the mud shield behind the rotor.) This is all the differences. I have already bought one for this 110, and the locked /rebuilt P38 rear will soon be available for sale if anyone is interested...

JC

Originally Posted by sclarke

Or you could just sell it and buy a Toyota.....
I cant see the point in making a LR a toyota, we buy them for the LR desire, not to be a hybrid Jap car.....
Or am i out of line???

Originally Posted by rick130

Clarkie, heaps of blokes have spat out too many Rover CWP's in hard off-roading and the obvious upgrade is fit the Toy centre rather than buy a TLC.
In my eyes it's no different to upgrading springs or shocks. Some go a bit further than others.

I tend to agree with Rick here. The Toyo stuff is all just emotion. Would you fit a Detroit centre, or Maxi drive axles, Bilstein shocks, Lovells springs, EBC brakes, 3rd's radius arms, Longfield CV's, BFG Muddies etc because they are better designed? None of them made by LR and all better products. Likewise so is the Toyota 8" diff, except the diff is made by Toyota, and the other products are not made by another automotive manufcturer. You would fit them because like all of the other products they are better designed and will fit. The reality is that the Rover diff design isn't the strongest going around.... so you fix it.