disco axles

Telboy111 · Jan 31, 2012

does anyone know if disco axles fit in a series11a?

blue beasty · Jan 31, 2012

In or on

Telboy111 · Jan 31, 2012

It's got leaf springs, not really thought about it yet, read a thread which said they were 24 spline, think thats the gearing

jamesmartin · Jan 31, 2012

24 spline is what the half shafts have where they fit into diff series are 10 spline ,series diffs are 4.7 to 1 ratio disco 3.54 to 1 ,people often use 10 spline diffs from earlier defenders or disco or rrc,to up the gearing 30% ish

blue beasty · Jan 31, 2012

Think you may be getting a little ahead of yourself.....

10 and 24 spline refers to the number of splines on drive hubs/halfshafts/diff

If they have leafs they've been modified and I'd want to be bloody sure it'd been done well.

Not sure but think Disco axles are wider wheelbase

oxides · Jan 31, 2012

You could probably make them fit with enough work but it's not a simple bolt on job. the other question is - should you?

Telboy111 · Jan 31, 2012

I'm not really getting ahead of myself but just thinking out loud, I have got myself a series 11a "standard" and want to keep it something like standard; but will need more comfort. The engine is a n/a and all I read about them is thirsty and slow, so thinking of putting a 200tdi in, also looking at what I could do with power steering, and will look at brakes, always thought a wider axle would be a bonus and higher gearing, but never seen disco axles so I don't know they will fit, not going to do any mods to fit them if they don't go straight in will keep the series ones.

blue beasty · Jan 31, 2012

The 200 will make it more useable on todays roads and if you fit an overdrive the standard gearing is fine as are the brakes if properly set up and maintained. Dont know f*** all about power steering.

If you want a bit wider 235/85/16's on offset rims are the same dia as 750's and in line with the body

Dr_evil · Feb 1, 2012

power steering you need to move the front crossmember forward

johnny curt 1 · Feb 1, 2012

Just a quick peck of yer brainz lads but would disco 1 or 2 diffs fit straight into a series 3 axle if so im gonna do it

Dr_evil · Feb 1, 2012

you'll need the other two

I'm out of useful info now

jamesmartin · Feb 1, 2012

johnny curt 1 said:
Just a quick peck of yer brainz lads but would disco 1 or 2 diffs fit straight into a series 3 axle if so im gonna do it

as long as you use 10 spline diffs then straight swap ,the only thing you need to look at is rear diff used to have filler on diff housing and not in rear case ,hence early rrc ones been preferred choice as so did they ,so if your case hasnt a filler in rear pan or in diff case which are the most likely diffs you will find, you will need to weld a filler into case before fitting diff

V8jon · Feb 1, 2012

Telboy111 said:
does anyone know if disco axles fit in a series11a?

They can be made to fit but its not as simple as a straight swap

Land Rover Zone - V8jon's Album: series 2a disco axle conversion

Telboy111 · Feb 1, 2012

Thanks for all your help, and thanks for the pictures V8jon,looks like it is possible after all, how are they to drive; must have better brakes and are they higher geared. so strange I do a lot of greenlaning on a ktm and said to my son I'm gonna paint the landy orange same as the ktm, and there is a picture of one, is that a snorkel on one side and exhaust on the other? It looks great. I went to the scrap yard today and found a range rover with power steering on and I think it was a series 3 (it had springs) with power steering on I'm thinking maybe a mixture of both may work.

NiteMare · Feb 1, 2012

the simplest power steering fitment is the heystee power assist ram system but it's not cheap

you can also buy a couple of different kits to fit discs to a series axle, again they're not cheap

10 spline disco or RR diffs fit which are fine for most laning, it's just the trickier steeper sections that can be a little problematical as downhill you could end up travelling a little faster than you'd like, i've been up and down Pheasant Pen Steps with 3.54's and 7.50 tyres as my introduction (almost) to laning without too much difficulty (about 3 years ago)

on the road with 3.54 diffs and 200tdi it makes the Series landrover pretty economical, i also have an overdrive which allows me to clear 35 to the gallon but do expect the cab noise to increase quite a bit, my 2a/s3 bitsa isn't too bad noisewise but my 2a 109 van bodied (200tdi and 3.54) is a bit wearing, i think the bulkhead plastics in my bitsa help to control the noise level but any bare flat panels will and do reverberate, i'd suggest looking at noise proofing the engine side of the bulkhead before fitting the engine and then possibly consider weighting inner panels once on the road to stop them flexing so freely

don't get into the red light racing as you will kill a tired gearbox eventually, be gentle in the lower gears, all your torque stress will be loaded onto the gearbox once you've fitted the higher ratio diffs, i've killed (almost) two gearboxes in three years due to heavy towing and getting carried away with the power, my third gearbox is now in

V8jon · Feb 1, 2012

Telboy111 said:
Thanks for all your help, and thanks for the pictures V8jon,looks like it is possible after all, how are they to drive; must have better brakes and are they higher geared. so strange I do a lot of greenlaning on a ktm and said to my son I'm gonna paint the landy orange same as the ktm, and there is a picture of one, is that a snorkel on one side and exhaust on the other? It looks great. I went to the scrap yard today and found a range rover with power steering on and I think it was a series 3 (it had springs) with power steering on I'm thinking maybe a mixture of both may work.

It drives and stops a lot better,gearing hasn't changed as i had rangerover diffs in the series axles anyway, i fitted disco axles because i wanted stronger ones than the standard series ones and was fed up of replacing broken diffs and halfshafts due to the V8 and my lead foot

The pipes up the sides are both snorkels,it's got twin carbs with it being a V8,the exhaust comes out the side at the back.

stuart4884 · Feb 1, 2012

V8jon said:
They can be made to fit but its not as simple as a straight swap

Land Rover Zone - V8jon's Album: series 2a disco axle conversion

Yes it is a straight swap so long as you
use ten spline diffs in fact the rear can
be done without taking the wheels off
if it floats your boat do it its tour landy
heers Stuart:tea::cheer2:

V8jon · Feb 1, 2012

stuart4884 said:
Yes it is a straight swap so long as you
use ten spline diffs in fact the rear can
be done without taking the wheels off
if it floats your boat do it its tour landy
heers Stuart:tea::cheer2:

Disco diffs are a straight swap but the op was asking if disco axles would fit straight on a series and they dont,unless you have a coil sprung chassis

Telboy111 · Feb 2, 2012

Another question I'm affraid, are disco 1 and 2 (td5) axles simular could I use either?
Thanks

NiteMare · Feb 2, 2012

Telboy111 said:
Another question I'm affraid, are disco 1 and 2 (td5) axles simular could I use either?
Thanks

i don't know about similar but they definitely aren't the same, personally if i was going to be attempting to fit disco axles to a series i'd be looking for 200tdi ones or maybe 300tdi, even these are different to each other but there's plenty of them about off scrappers

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