Thread: Rover Diffs and 10 spline Axles

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

yep, to install a sals in a SWB you have to move the mounts when I moved mine I bolted them to a dummy frame so they were in the same alignment then rolld the sals under and guestotilted it till it looked right, tacked it and called in a pro welder to make em permanant...

ok then cool, my preference would be to use a sals. i have a spare sals housing lying around so i will look into moving the mounts on it for practice

how do you think the prop angles and spline movement would go with parabolics on the sals? the paras do sit a bit higher

Paul

Originally Posted by isuzurover

Disco are 3.54:1, series are 4.7:1. With 3.54s it would be quiet on the highway, but hopeless offroad and you would be using 3rd in 60 zones. You can fit 4.7s to a coiller centre, but you need a spacer for the crownwheel. MDE used to make one, but not sure if anyone else does now they have closed - maybe ARB?

Sals halfshafts (axles) are shorter - which is why you would need custom axles.

Genuine LR 24-spline axles aren't much stronger. They downgraded the quality of the steel about the time they changed from 10 to 24 spline. But SIII salisbury 24-spline axles aren't too bad.

thanks for the info, the 3.54's sound like they would be good in my current landy to make it a bit better on the highway. I think the Salisbury might be the way to go with the 88" i want to build, they do seem to be bullet proof.
A mate of mine with an 88 seems to go through 10 splines like their out of fashion, but he might just be a bit retarded with the whole accelerator and clutch thing

Paul

My SWB series 3 with parabolic's and a salisbury:




When I welded the SWB mounts on I had the diff nose about 10-15mm lower than inline with the prop shaft to allow for the nose of the diff to torque upwards during hill climbs etc. No vibration at all, works very well. I have put 3 salisburys in SWB's all have been ok including a P76 V8 powered one. 2 have been series 3 LWB diffs, the other was a stage 1 diff (higher ratio) for the V8 powered one. Don't pi$$ around with a rover diff, put in a salisbury. You wont regret it.

Originally Posted by paulthepilot_5

ok then cool, my preference would be to use a sals. i have a spare sals housing lying around so i will look into moving the mounts on it for practice

how do you think the prop angles and spline movement would go with parabolics on the sals? the paras do sit a bit higher

Paul

Id want a longer spline and youd have to jig the diff a bit higher in the front which will make life hard on the UJ's but it should be doable...

If your interested we might be selling a standard 110 county sals diff in afew months.

TIM.

Originally Posted by long stroke

If your interested we might be selling a standard 110 county sals diff in afew months.

TIM.

Ok thanks, let me know if you do sell it. At the moment i am probably going to retire Yellow Pezza in the near future, to make way for the 88" project (yellow pezza junior ), so the Sals may just come out of it.

Paul