Axle Swap – Transfer Box Gear Change.
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The axle is now basically complete. I still need to clean out the insides of the brake callipers and add new seals and pistons, having cleaned their exteriors of all the rust and grime and having found that the pistons were rusted beyond use.
The original Salisbury stub axles were refitted to the axle with new [...]
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Well, the modification of the 110 Salisbury axle to suit the 109 suspension is done. The disc brake conversion is next, but using the complete stub axles, hubs, discs and callipers from a 200Tdi Discovery should make it work well in conjunction with the new calliper brackets (their test fit on the axle tube was [...]
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

I have started in earnest on the 110 rear axle for the conversion. The first job was to clean it up, which consisted of a good wash, removal of all of the suspension brackets (including the damper and anti-roll bar brackets) and a long session with the angle grinder and drill wire brushes.
Next was replacement [...]