Building Salisbury

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Originally Posted by cal415

Does anyone have any idea on current costs of 35spline axles and the jacmac stub axles? i have had a salisbury locker to go in my county for a while now just never got around to it, if i can afford to though i might sell it and get a dana 60 and go the 35 spline way.

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You could always call Jeff and ask? :D (if he is in a good mood...)

Back when Sam posted that thread, IRC prices were $3k for a complete setup (locker, axles and flanges).

A D60 35spl ARB locker alone is about AU$1000 in the US at the moment.

can a 35 spline d60 centre be purchased from ARB in Australia? what else needs changing to go to a d60 centre? bearings, CWP etc?

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Originally Posted by cal415

can a 35 spline d60 centre be purchased from ARB in Australia? what else needs changing to go to a d60 centre? bearings, CWP etc?

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Yes. Back when Sam posted his thread I was living OS. I could get a D60 ARB locker in the US for US$675, which at the time was AU$900ish. Sam told me that trade on the ones he was buying in oz were around AU$950 at the time.

Need to change:
Centre
Axles
Stub axles
Drive flanges (included with JM axles)
Bearings
Hub machining???

sounds pretty reasonable considering im would be doing all that bar the stub axles and machining if went for the maxi drive axles, i would probobly still be changing the stub axles because my salisbury is drum and i will be converting to disk while i put the locker in.

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

Ah - OK. Cheers Rick. Is it also 37-spline?

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Have no idea Ben :confused:

Got the 24 spline maxi with the Salisbury ... for quite some years. Never had any problems. :) (Touch wood - screwed if you break it now seeing as I believe he no longer makes them).

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Originally Posted by djam1

Mmmm was with a warm 350 Chev doing a tractor pull
My point is most people are not breaking 24 spline Maxi axles even with Maxis or detroits.
Ill say it again nothing is unbreakable sometimes vehicles just get used for things that they shouldnt, use them sensibly and you should be fine.
Toyota axles seem to go at about 6900 ft pound and I think Maxis go at about 5700 ft pound so there is a bit of a difference
I have seen over 12 ton towed with a Series 2 88 inch with 10 spline axles in fact if you look on Youtube you will find a Range Rover Classic doing burnouts with 10 spline axles

I will replace my Maxi axles when I break them but they have held up so far

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well if its not going to cost me to much more i dont mind paying the extra and going to 35spline especially with running 37s, ARB sals and 24 spline maxidrives would probobly do me but I would rather avoid the breakages if i can.

Well ive picked up an RD36 d60 ARB locker(the sals locker is up for sale brand new still) and i have been talking to Keith from Rover tracks about getting the axles/stubs/hubs side of thing sorted out and doing the brake conversion while we are at it... i will take some pics as i go,

Does anyone know what bearings the Mcnamara hubs/stubs use?

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Originally Posted by cal415

Does anyone know what bearings the Mcnamara hubs/stubs use?

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He machines his own stubs and bores out the hubs, reckons drum brake hubs are better to use more meat, then machine them etc to take the disc, although I never got around into looking at how hard that part would be, no idea on what bearings