Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Rear Axle Noise

Hi Deni - you may have seen my postings on my +8 Salisbury axle.

They are repairable if you source the right components and speak to the right people - I have benefitted from some good advice through Talk Morgan.

You need courage and a fair amount of resilience to work on these items but when you have no alternative you find may it is not as bad as your feared. Billy Bellinger of Driveline Motorsports Ltd, in Barnet is a voice of sanity in a world of fear and chaos. Regarding your axle I would listen to the advice of your Talk Morgan colleagues and go for a drive!

If you did ever have a Salisbury LSD and it was apparently beyond repair, Billy Bellinger can supply and fit a replacement LSD. Check out his web site although only for interest as I do not think you have a problem at all. If you do have a Salisbury LSD, are you running it with the correct lubricant with friction additives?

Best wishes

Flying Doc (grounded at present).

Deni, that sounds normal to me. I've plenty of experience with Salisbury's and they generate a lot of noise when you run them in the air. The wheel that is snatching is a brake rubbing, and if you want to test that, just back off the adjuster on that side. The reason you get the noise is that every time it snathches, the diff 'reverses' so you get a backlash knock each way. It really is nothing to worry about if its quiet on the road.

(also grounded at present)..........