Kevinkealy

[Kevinkealy]

Hi I have a hz sandman 253 with a gv7 8bolt Salisbury (small Salisbury) is that correct or should it have a 10 bolt

[maxsandman]

G'day Kevin,
Are you sure what diff you've got? Even the baby Salisbury (out of 6cyl WBs) still have 10 bolts on the diff cover.
Any factory v8, in HQ - HZ & WB would have a large Salisbury diff

Cheers
Max

[Innuendo]

I believe Kevin is counting the bolts that hold a banjo centre in. Not diff plate bolts.
I could be wrong. But I think this is likely.

[Kevinkealy]

Ive been told the 308 was standard with large Salisbury but the 253 was an option for large Salisbury could be wrong

[Innuendo]

Ive been told the 308 was standard with large Salisbury but the 253 was an option for large Salisbury could be wrong

All HQ-WB V8's had a 10 Bolt Salisbury (diff hat with 10 bolts and rear load construction). The 6cyl diff was a banjo (front load centre 8 bolts) no entry from the rear and no removable hat.

[maxsandman]

Kevin,
Your information is OK for early commodore up to VK, but definately wrong for H series holdens. In fact it was possible to get a large Salisbury in 6cylinder holdens

[Kevinkealy]

Thanks men I’ll have to find the correct diff

[maxsandman]

gv7 = 3.55 ratio