fenby1976
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Has anyone done this successfully? I did it myself years ago on my old Land-Rover but it didn't work too well - there were nasty vibrations on over-run. The diff is longer than the Rover one so the propshaft had to be shortened. I did this myself and did not get it balanced. Another problem is that as the Salisbury diff is of a hypoid design and so the pinion is offset below the centre-line of the axle. To make sure the U.J.s did not bind I welded the spring brackets such that axle was rotated so that the pinion was lifted 25mm, but this meant that the diff pinion and the output flange on the back of the gearbox were no longer parallel.
I'm thinking about doing something more radical this time - taking the halfshafts out, cutting the axle tubes either side of the diff, turning the diff upside down, then welding the three parts back together with sleeves over the joins. This will mean that the pinion will now be offset above the axle centre-line and the prop shaft will be almost horizontal on level ground. Any thoughts on this?
I'm thinking about doing something more radical this time - taking the halfshafts out, cutting the axle tubes either side of the diff, turning the diff upside down, then welding the three parts back together with sleeves over the joins. This will mean that the pinion will now be offset above the axle centre-line and the prop shaft will be almost horizontal on level ground. Any thoughts on this?