LSD

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I just read a thread on another site about upgrading the rear axel on a scim with a LSD from another jag, any one here done this???

[Nick_F]

Yep.

Any Salisbury 4HU PowrLok LSD from a Jaguar will fit the Salisbury 4HA axle fitted to SE5A - SE6B Scimitars.

That means any Jaguar from S-Type & E-Type to XJ-S.

You cannot, however, combine 'imperial' Scimitar parts with metric Jaguar ones - ie bolt a Scimitar crownwheel to a late XJ-S LSD unit; and since the Scimtar axle is 'fully floating' you will need a spacer to sit in the centre of the LSD and keep the halfshafts apart.

All the seals and bearings are the same, but the Jaguar seals are much better.

Be warned, however, that a Scimitar with an LSD can be a bit of a handful, as I confirmed with a tidy little spin at Wiscombe Park hillclimb yesterday.

Nick.

Edited 'cos I got my 7HAs mixed-up with my 4HAs.

>> Edited by Nick_F on Tuesday 23 May 10:38

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Thanks for that, i'm working through the bits on the car ready to swap to the 24v, its going to be a bit of a hand full anyway.

Do you ever go to Prescott?

[Nick_F]

Yes - there's a round of the RSSOC Speed Championship there in September.

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what colour is you car i might have seen you there? i only live half an hour away attend most meetings.

[Nick_F]

Purple - I was at one of the June meetings at Prescott last year, can't remember what date it was though.

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www.winget.co.uk/downloads/pdf/site_dumpers/SERVICE%20%20MANUAL%20SALISBURY%205HA%20AXLES.pdf

This could be usefull, the axel and diffs are still used on dumpers!