Salisbury diff pinion waggle. sounds dangerous/expensive

The 101 is also fitted with Salisbury's.

It sounds like the bearings have collapsed. When I fitted the Detroit in my 101, I read up on doing the diff, and there wasn't anything too hard, if you are methodical and thorough. You should have a DTI and a clamp or some other good method of measuring the endfloat and backlash in the pinion and crown wheel. You also need a new collapsible spacer, and perhaps a new set of shims AFAIR. The crown wheel and pinion are matched pairs I think, and the required shim sizes is stated on the end of the pinion

You also really need to knock up a diff-spreader - to stretch the case to drop the crown wheel out to remove the pinion. Some "authorities" say you don't need one, and to just wrench the whole diff out with a 12 foot scaffolding pole to provide a bit of leverage....

On the other hand you might want to do the job right.

You should also torque up the pinion to a specific drag in the new bearings.

Steve

When I tried doing the pinion bearings on a 90 diff, I coudn't get the pinion height right as I didn't have the right tools. The diff ended up howling coz the mesh wasn't perfect. I fitted airlockers to the same diffs without a problem.

-- Jon

Cheers Steve and jOn, it sounds a quick job if you've done it before and have the tools, but there is a lot to get very wrong by the sounds of it. It looks like the pinion positioning would have to be a massively long way out before the thing locks up and explodes at high speed. It sounds more likely that I'll end up with a functional but noisy diff.

The bit that scares me is that it's my only vehicle (apart from a push bike)

I'll have a look just to get the lay of the land. I'll admit it.. I'm frightened... I'll oil the bike chain. thanks again.

I should think a 30 quid digital vernier caliper would work fine.

Steve

It takes a real man to admit when he doens't know things and he's scared ;-)

I'd hunt around for a spare axle myself as they're worth next to nothing s/h - say twenty quid for the axle. Remember the costs of all the bits you might need to do the salisbury correctly as Steve lists - check that it's economically viable rather than swapping, especially if time off the road is a concern.

Regards

William MacLeod

ps Just checked on eBay, they are a few at prices I mentioned. Find the one closest to you and go pick up :-)

Or even a 11 quid one?

It's Tchibo who are selling them cheap this week.

Yep, one of them. Tchibo ? I thought they sold coffee !

Steve

They still do, but have joined Lidl, Netto and Aldi in doing "specials of the week". Some of the stuff is cheap and perfectly adequate: e.g. a load of skiing clothing just before Xmas, and a 15 quid ultrasonic cleaning bath.

They have also opened a load of shops, including one in the town where I work which suddenly appeared a couple of months ago.

P.S. Some specials which might be of interest to L-R owners:

"Power station" (small 12V Lead-Acid accumulator with jump leads and compressor) £25

Single halogen light on a tripod £12

and more

power station with compressor £20

not much for the next couple of weeks

You missed the (from Thurs 26th): Windscreen Anti Freeze ? 5L * The must-have for the cold season * 5L lemon scented frost protector for windscreen wash (effective up to -70=B0C) * Price per item * =A33.99

Can someone explain what "(effective up to -70=B0C)" really means? Bearing in mind the Carbon Dioxide becomes solid at -79C...

You're kidding ?

Steve

Neighbour uses it all the time. It's actually very good and leaves the car smelling, well, quite fresh. The lemon smell isn't as disgusting, or chemicalised as many screenwashes... Wish I'd gone a got a good stock of it when they had it in Aldi.

On or around Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:25:36 +0000, Mother enlightened us thusly:

I dunno, I rather like the industrial alcohol smell some of 'em have.

Nope, that was cut 'n paste from the web page...

Now what about the "up to -70C" phrase?

I reckon this has it - but is masked by the not unpleasant cirus bouquet. Actually, it's prolly pretty bad methanol or somesuch that needs the au-de-leemone!

Bad gramma init? Should be 'down to'... ;-)

Ahh, but does it improve the flavour? ;-)

Ah, that must be the organic lemon scented screenwash then.

Steve

The flavour needs improving?