A Quick Question About Salisbury Front Axles

My question is this, I have a series 2 with a series 3 military chassis and axles. I was told they are both Salisbury types but how do you tell easily.
I thought that salisbury shafts were 24 spline but is that at both ends so if I look at the drive member end if its got 10 splines its rover and 24 spline salisbury?
I did a search but got a lot of info but what I want is a straight forward answer and not too much technical stuff as it'll go straight over my head
Oh I should say the front diff case is rounded so looks rover.

Salisbury axles have bolt on covers,
All salisbury axles,series and defender have the same splines in the diff.

On a Salisbury the dif cover is bolted on and the dif is assembled through the casing, on a Rover axle the cover is welded on and the diff is assembled from the drive side with a round joint face.

Ok thanks, was it usual to just put the heavy duty diff on the rear and a normal rover one on the front?

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Just taken the front axle to bits for rebuilding and was surprised to see a 24 spline drive member when I took off the hub cap. Is this 24 spline at the drive and 10 spline at the diff? I don't intend taking out the shafts to have a look but would be interested to know if this is just a military setup or did all 109's have 24 spline drives with normal 10 spline diffs?
Cheers
RJ

Rodeo Joe said:

Just taken the front axle to bits for rebuilding and was surprised to see a 24 spline drive member when I took off the hub cap. Is this 24 spline at the drive and 10 spline at the diff? I don't intend taking out the shafts to have a look but would be interested to know if this is just a military setup or did all 109's have 24 spline drives with normal 10 spline diffs?
Cheers
RJ

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diff will be 24 spline too, its just std salisbury front or rear,they were only fitted on the front on special vehicles ie utilities or mod

Mine is a rover front diff, its got an R cast into it and its round, so is that a standard 10 spline diff with 24 drive?

Rodeo Joe said:

Mine is a rover front diff, its got an R cast into it and its round, so is that a standard 10 spline diff with 24 drive?

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depends on if after 1980 or not but a 10 spline diff

I think the chassis is mid 70's everything on it is imperial, its been used to replace the chassis on my series 2 109 years ago by the looks of it.
Reckon I might have to slide one of the swivels off and have a look just to satisfy myself.

Rodeo Joe said:

I think the chassis is mid 70's everything on it is imperial, its been used to replace the chassis on my series 2 109 years ago by the looks of it.
Reckon I might have to slide one of the swivels off and have a look just to satisfy myself.

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if its a rover series axle it will be 10 spline diff