twizzle Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 The large bit ot of metal on the bottom of my front axle TWIZZLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddballrovers Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 The large bit ot of metal on the bottom of my front axle TWIZZLE Hi Twizzle. That is an reinforced axle housing. Kind regards. Ole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean f Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 The axle is almost certainly ex MOD at some time in it history, from what I have seen these were normally fitted to LWB models but knowing Land Rover and the MOD I expect there was some cross over and I expect some also went out on civilian model vehicles. The insides of the axle should be identical so no problems with parts. It should be vertually impossible to bend the axle...... If you hit them hard enough normally the swival housings shear off first but that requires quite a knock, last time I saw it done was a head on (well passenger corner) with a Cat D6 dozer at about 60mph. The D6 won. The land rover was repaired but the chassis was bent so it ended up being scrapped later after yet another knock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 I've seen many series 2a vehicles both swb and lwb with those axles so I presume they were fitted to export CKD vehicles. Unfortunately the reinforcing doesn't extend out to the swivel ball flanges and that is where I have bent a couple over the years. The series 3 front axles were made of stronger material and I have never seen one with reinforcing even on LWB Military vehicles. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88 Special Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 I have a 79 SIII, swb, Santana and it has the reinforcement on the front and rear axles. Export CKD I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMarineInc Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Also could be because of it being a Santana. There are so many differences and improvements in the Santanas. A lot of us stateside wish they had brought them over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 My SIIa Ex RAF had a strengthener on the rear axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Thats the 1 ton spec front axle casing that was also used on MOD 109". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twizzle Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 THANKS so if i hit anything hard it wont bend TWIZZLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeppimp Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 probably needed the reinforcement not to bend under the weight of the perkins you had in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill van snorkle Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Thats the 1 ton spec front axle casing that was also used on MOD 109". Would need to be a very ancient 1 Ton spec as I was under the impression most were fitted with ENV front axles.Or was that only for export again? Bill PS, can anyone confirm for me what a so called heavy duty export chassis was ? Someone suggested that the UK domestic market models were constructed from 1.6 mm thin steel as distinct from the 2mm sheet steel that we in the Antipodes got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Would need to be a very ancient 1 Ton spec as I was under the impression most were fitted with ENV front axles.Or was that only for export again?Bill Series 2A 1 ton had ENV front and rear(HD option on 6 pot), S3 up to april 74 has Salisbury front and rear, S3 from april 74 had HD rover front and salisbury rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Series 2A 1 ton had ENV front and rear(HD option on 6 pot), S3 up to april 74 has Salisbury front and rear, S3 from april 74 had HD rover front and salisbury rear. What's the difference between a HD and standard Rover front axle? I took one off a 1984? SIII 1 ton and put it on my SWB and I couldn't see any external difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 April 84 on 1ton should have the 3" wide front brakes and the reinforcing section under the casing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbarton Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 April 84 on 1ton should have the 3" wide front brakes and the reinforcing section under the casing. Mine had neither, but it did have the extended shackles so it was probably pre-April. I'm not sure because it didn't have any docs as I bought it un-registered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twizzle Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 probably needed the reinforcement not to bend under the weight of the perkins you had in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 What's the difference between a HD and standard Rover front axle? I took one off a 1984? SIII 1 ton and put it on my SWB and I couldn't see any external difference. Parts book says they have a 4-pin diff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Hancock Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Parts book says they have a 4-pin diff. Thats the salisbury diff you were looking at, the rover unit is the same old 2 pin item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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