ONE LIFE LIVE IT. D90 said:

Thanks. Is it a disco axle?

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ONE LIFE LIVE IT. D90 said:

Browsing the web as you do, ive heard that discovery 1 swivel balls are 7 bolt fitment and defenders are 6 bolt.

So i checked my 1995 300tdi defender 90 to see how many bolts i had mounting the swivel ball to the axle. There are 7! Does this mean i have a discovery Axle?

Ive just ordered new radius arm bushes to fit next week. If it is a discovery axle, are they not going to fit?

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jamesmartin said:

6 bolts was early rrc,and you wont find many axles with them on ,300tdi disco and defender front axles are basically the same thing only brakes and the odd bracket vary

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ONE LIFE LIVE IT. D90 said:

Thanks James, could be either then?

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jamesmartin said:

any 300tdi axle will have the wide radius arm to axle bushes its the 200 tdi and before defenders that have the narrower buhes

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cornish rattler said:

Sorry to hijack this thread but are disco 200tdi and 300tdi rear axles the same as i am looking to buy one for my 1988 90 2.5td ( 200tdi ) soon to convert to rear disc brakes but unsure which one i need

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jamesmartin said:

if disco rear axle replaces the std salisbury on a 110 load capability and prop length differ, salisbury diff nose is longer, rear spring plates are larger for 110

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jamesmartin said:

early 200 will have imperial caliper securing bolts and longer stub axles hubs etc

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ManfromStroud said:

I hope it's OK re re-open this tread, because I have a similar question regarding axle identification and rather than start a new thread, I thought it better to post on here.

I own a 1998 Defender 90 300Tdi station wagon. It has disc brakes front and rear. The axles and diffs are getting tired (130,000 miles) so I am building some replacements. I have some new diffs from Nigel Parker at Xcess 4x4 incorporating Ashlockers and other upgrades. I have also obtained a pair scrap axles to re-build which I assume were off the same donor vehicle, either a defender or a Disco. I suspect the latter. The front had ABS wheels and both have anti-roll bar brackets. My Defender doesn't have anti-roll bars or ABS.

The axle serial numbers are in the expected locations and are formed of punched dots. After some cleaning and scraping, I can make them out. The front is 71L64732A. The rear is partially lost in corrosion, but is 46S2590??. The latter two digits appear to be E and P. The rear is an LR axle, not a Salisbury.

Another thread on here suggests that 71P is a disco axle code. I cannot find a reference to 46P. Neither appear on a list of Defender axle codes which I found on www.lrworkshop.com. This points to both being off a Disco

Please can anyone advise whether a "46P" axle is off a Defender of a Disco?

Also, will I have any problems fitting these axles to my Defender?

Many thanks!

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