Rear Diff Help

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gary brion

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• Apr 1, 2023

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Hi There,
Im off to the vintage land rover spares day tomorrow, and I need a rear diff for my 2005 110 TD5 HC pickup
Any idea how I can make sure I get the right one please?

 

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Hicap phill

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• Apr 1, 2023

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gary brion said:

Hi There,
Im off to the vintage land rover spares day tomorrow, and I need a rear diff for my 2005 one please?

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Probally a sailsbury rear axle. Normally these diffs are not sold separately

what make you think you need a rear diff ?

 

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gary brion

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• Apr 1, 2023

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Oh, lots of clonking going on back there, what do you think there sold in pairs?

 

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Hicap phill

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• Apr 1, 2023

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gary brion said:

Oh, lots of clonking going on back there, what do you think there sold in pairs?

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No they would sell the whole axle. Reason been without a diff the axle case is useless.
So people just sell them complete.
Now if your axle is what I think it is … You have a sailsubury disk brake later axle and price will be about £500+

 

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gary brion

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• Apr 1, 2023

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I think so, it was a Hicap before conversion and does have discs,I did see a lot of diffs for sale there last year, but no idea if they would be the same.

 

dag019

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• Apr 1, 2023

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Does your axle look like this:

or like this:

The first one is a Salisbury. The second one is a rover axle.

tha diffs you see for sale will be for a rove axle. Salisburys are usually sold as as a full axle as from memory to replace the diff you need to spread the casing. But it is not something I have done.

 

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• Apr 2, 2023

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James Martin (latterly of this parish) said you could prize the mechanism in and out of the Salisbury axle casing without using the official spreader tool.
Salisbury axle spreader
However, it seems to me like a lot of trouble to go to if you don't really need to. A lot of the 'clunk' in a Land Rover's transmission comes from the splines, especially those where the half shafts join the drive flanges on the hubs. Once I had an input flange come loose and it clunked too. Once you've had a look at all these peripheral (and cheaper) options it might be worth venturing inside the diff casing.