P38A Differential Units - 2-pin or 4-pin?

I have seen some articles on t'interweb that suggest 2-pin diffs on Range Rovers are weak and easily broken in off-road activities and that 4-pin units are much to be preferred.
I have also seen statements here on LZ suggesting ALL 4.6 Rangies have 4-pin diffs.
However, looking at the build spec of my MY2000 4.6 Thor Rangie it says it has 2-pin diffs.
Just how fragile are the 2-pin units then?

The 4.6 from 1999 has a 4-pin diffs front and back.
The 2 pin isn't bad, not really heard of n axle failures on the P38, unless abused.

Rather large axles they are.

Henry_b said:

The 4.6 from 1999 has a 4-pin diffs front and back.
The 2 pin isn't bad, not really heard of n axle failures on the P38, unless abused.

Rather large axles they are.

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That's the idea but we've had people on here before with 2 pin when it was a 99 or 2000 model. We're not sure if it was Land Rover using up the parts bin or a previous owner using what they had to hand.

The 4 pin was supposed to handle the extra torque with the brakes kicking in with the traction control. Doubt it will make much difference unless you're really going at it off-road or in snow.

Grrrrrr said:

That's the idea but we've had people on here before with 2 pin when it was a 99 or 2000 model. We're not sure if it was Land Rover using up the parts bin or a previous owner using what they had to hand.

The 4 pin was supposed to handle the extra torque with the brakes kicking in with the traction control. Doubt it will make much difference unless you're really going at it off-road or in snow.

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Hmm the 4.0 and 2.5 is 2-pin.
My 4.6 is 4-pin Vogue 2001.

^^^.
I presume my diff is the original 2pin. I always thought if they pop I would replace rear as a unit, with a 4.6 4pin, the front diff is reverse cut to the rear so would have to take it apart and just replace the pin.

Turns out I haven’t broken it yet despite many attempts so they are pretty solid.
Wolf 90s use P38 axles as a HD unit.

I have seen solid billet military grade pins. They were about £ 8/900 a pop iirc and will make road driving tricky.
Other ‘cheap’ option is just weld them up but drivability will be reduced this way also.