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Which diff?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:01 pm
by "CANADA"
whats the easyest way to tell is its a sals' dif or rover???i have centers and housings (minus axles/tubes :bad-words: ) but is there a certain bolt patern or somewhere it will be stamped onthe ring gear or casing?

thanks 'Canada'

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:17 pm
by THE 109
salisbury diffs have a removable 10bolt plate on the back of the diff housing to allow the removal of the diff centre.the centre is larger than the rover type and has 4 planet gears,rover diffs normally only have 2 planet gears.the salisbury ring and pinion are once again larger than the rover one.

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:18 pm
by Loanrangie
A salisbury has a removeable pressed metal diff cover and the center is cast and not removeable.

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:42 pm
by "CANADA"
does the sals center fit in the rover axle?

Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:46 pm
by landy_man
no way.. the sals is pretty chunky...
go stick your head under a pre 02 defender and look at the rear diff compared to the front diff... the housings on a Sals are huge..

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:41 pm
by Loanrangie
Plus the carrier portion of a sals is cast with the center housing so cannot be removed as such, i believe that some dana parts will fit though.

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:37 pm
by Tim D
as i have replaced a R & P in my old s3 i measured the ring and it was 12.5 inches in diametre :shock: not shore about the rover ones. ;)

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:21 am
by red90
The "Salisbury" axle uses a Dana 60 ring and pinion. This is a 9-3/4" hypoid gear. The "Rover" diff is an 8-1/2" spiral bevel R&P.

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 12:02 pm
by b_mac
The Salisbury diff housing has to be spread to remove the carrier. The spreader tool uses the two sockets either side of the diff, but big mongrel screwdrivers will also to the trick :lol:



Bruce.


Installation is the reverse of removal - yeah right.