Thread: Drum Brake Salisbury In a Rangie

Originally Posted by Jojo

Not all drum axles have the brackets for the calipers, only the later ones.

Jojo - that's right, however you can always glue on the brackets with the MIG, even if you have to salvage or replicate them from the Defender or RRc.

Originally Posted by Jojo

And, as said already, you will need a shorter drive shaft (probably custom made) for a Salisbury axle.

Yup - And have it balanced. Have seen a number of drive-shafts twist up like a stick of fusilli.

Neither jobs are something for the in-expert. Much easier to get a Salisbury already with the disk brakes.

Ohhh an i have a Salisbury for sale......

Why not use Defender rear disks on the Salisbury rear end?

Diana

I was shopping around Land Rover Wreckers for prices on Salisburys, and $385 for a drum brake one, and $990 for a disc brake one.

The only reason I am really wanting to go with a Sals. is the $385.

I am sick of those rover diffs breaking the cross pin in the centre, I dont know why it wont break axles instead, because i hear thats what they usually do.

This is the 3rd time, and I have run out of spare diff centres. A salisbury would be great, because they are a 4 pinion diff, strong as I will ever need it to be. As long as it breaks axles instead of itself, I will be happy.

I would just get a couple of maxidrive centres if I had the money...and 4.11 cw&p's

I have been tempted to try replacing the cross pin with a high tensile bolt of same diameter, and testing it out in rear axle...may sound silly, but the crap metal they made them out of couldn't be any better than a HT bolt...