Does the Scimitar Salisbury 4HA rear axle contain a Dana Spicer D44 differential??
According to information on this page, it does, if Scimitar have the same differential as Jaguar MKII which I've learned earlier:
http://www.ring-pinion.com/DiffList.asp ... &Side=Rear
The Dana Spicer D44 housing appears in some various models:
http://www.ring-pinion.com/DiffList.asp ... ana+Spicer
When looking at the various models of the D44 housing, I suppose that all of them contains the same type of ring and pinion etc. you will see that this differential is fitted on a lot of high performance cars like Corvette and Dodge Viper etc.
Looks like the engineers at Reliant choosed an overkill dimension of rear axle. But that's good for the V8-conversion fans (like me)!! In a light car as the SE5 it looks like the rear axle will be unbreakable...
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I have also found that Quaife sells halfshafts with splined ends for the Salisbury axles.
http://www.quaifeamerica.com/driveline/driveline.htm
I had to remove both my halfshafts to fit the disc brakes, it's totally insane that hubs can stick so hard on an axle. I tried with a big puller and lots of acetylene, but I had to remove the complete shafts and put them into a press.
(Yes Marki, I've read about the problem on your webpage. But I tried with a puller anyway. After all I can just say that your statement about forgetting to pull them of is just correct!!
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Since some previous owner has destroyed the threading on one of the halfshafts I don't know how to put it together again. Shall I bring another Salisbury halfshaft or buy a splined halfshaft kit from Quaife??? One alternative can be restoring the threading on the axle, the original threading is 7/8" (approx 22mm). New M20x1,5 threadings can be an alternative.
Is there any other alternatives??
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Disc brakes!
I think that I have found an easy way to fit disc brakes on a Scimitar rear axle, Volvo S40 discs and Audi calipers is the recipe.
But, the Salisbury 4HA axles seems to be fitted on other cars than Scimitars so I just wonder if there already exists a car with Salisbury 4HA fitted with rear discs?? Should be nice to know if I unnecessarily have made the disc conversion ...
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