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MG MGB Technical - axle

sorry for a dum question but how do i find out which type of axle i have on my 1976 rb bgt.
thanks
john
jr williamson

Almost certainly a Salisbury. Haynes has pictures that will help. The banjo has a circular centre and no bolts at the back as you take the front off-the Salisbury has a bite out of one corner at the back has bolts as you take the back plate off. Release the half shaft(s) first
Lots in the archives HTH Michael
Michael Beswick

This may help, it's harder than i imagined to put it into words starting from 0

Stan Best

Oh, and before the BBS chopped the title off this pic is called "banjo"
Stan Best

As the others have said your 1976 car should have a Salisbury (tube type) axle with a ratio of 3.9:1. It would be very strange if the car had been fitted by some previous owner with an old "Banjo" axle. The Salisbury has a cover plate on the back of the differential held with bolts. The Banjo doesn't.
Mike Howlett

It all depends on why you want to know.

There are also two lengths of each type - one for wire wheels and one for steel, the former being shorter than the latter. However you can't go by the wheels, as wire wheel hubs can be put on a steel wheel axle and vice-versa (at the risk of rubbing). The two axles have different length handbrake cables, and there was a major change in the design of the cable and how it attached to the axle in late 76.

Paul Hunt

bassically need to know to by the correct brake drums for replacement and i have rostyle wheels if that make a difference.

thanks
jr williamson

Rostyles only arrived in 69 by which time the banjo axle had been replaced by the Salisbury/tube type a couple of years, let alone that you have a 76.

But in any case, I have just noticed you have a GT, which only ever had the Salisbury axle anyway, and it would be extremely odd if someone had retro-fitted a banjo axle.

But anything can happen, so the only true test is to look underneath. If it has a pressed-steel cover that bolts to the *back* of the axle it is a Salisbury. If it has a much larger lump of ironmongery (that contains the diff) that bolts to the *front* of the axle it is a banjo.
Paul Hunt

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