GQ rear diff centre into front housing (project idea for fun 4ws buggy)

[Dave Holio]

been wondering now for some time if the rear diff centre will bolt into the front housing asimtoying around with the idea of a 4ws project Buggy ! aka the "Warhog" from Halo ,
the idea is cutting up the chassis and welding up to front ends back to back and using hydrolics to control the steering front and rear !
are the splines the same on the axles and cv shafts ?

[threedogs]

PM nissannewby he's your man if he's not on line already

[MudRunnerTD]

I understand the D22 rear LSD will go straight in ;)

[nissannewby]

Pathfinder LSD rears go into the front. There are plenty of threads around of people doing it too. I think the fronts are slightly smaller hence the pathy and navara diffs can be used.

[taslucas]

there was one done like that in a 4wd action mag about a year ago. No idea which issue # sorry.

[BigRAWesty]

No. As I wanted the same thing. A front LSD..
But as mentioned early model navara rear LSD diffs are suppose to drop right in..


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[Benno7]

I can confirm that a pathfinder rear centre fits in a gq front. I had a 2.4 D21 pathfinder with a arb air locker and the locker is now in my brothers gq.
Just check the pathfinders rear axle code it should be the same as the gq front.

[BigRAWesty]

I can confirm that a pathfinder rear centre fits in a gq front. I had a 2.4 D21 pathfinder with a arb air locker and the locker is now in my brothers gq.
Just check the pathfinders rear axle code it should be the same as the gq front.

How many K's has it done? I'm mostly worried about the strength of it?


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[Benno7]

None of the pathy gears were used just the air locker part. I dont know how many kms of use in the gq But when it was in the pathy it was given hell every day.

[BigRAWesty]

None of the pathy gears were used just the air locker part. I dont know how many kms of use in the gq But when it was in the pathy it was given hell every day.

No worries. Did the pathfinder do an LSD?


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[Dave Holio]

the thing is that i want to bolt up the whole front housing in the rear , so would the carrier fit ?

[nissannewby]

You will have to use the whole front housing with a rear LSD out of one of the specified vehicles (pathfinder or navara). I dont think a GQ LSD will fit into the front housing. I will have to look into a little more myself as theres a little part of me that thinks it wont go into the front because of the rotation part of it as well but this is for when people want to put one in the front and since its staying in the rear it could work. However you may then have the issue of spline counts being different between front and rear.

[Dave Holio]

thats the little details im looking at . and cheers for that :) still more research for me to do ( hydrolic rear steering is my other prob )

[BigRAWesty]

The gq use different gears front and rear. Thus why you can't just bolt the rear diff up front.
Spline is different if I remember correctly.


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[Dave Holio]

other question would be does the front fit into the housing upside down as this is going to be a primary drive in the rear , its just i heard that they dont like being stressed in reverse thats or is that just a rumour

[77gze]

So pathfinder is the go?

[nissannewby]

Heres some good info here Dave. I hope it works.

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=213824&p=1934074&hilit=pathfinder+lsd#p1934074

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=212747&p=1922839&hilit=pathfinder+lsd#p1922839

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=205430&p=1866738&hilit=pathfinder+lsd#p1866738

[JonnoD]

like every one else has said, the rear is bigger than the front and the smaller rear lasd out of navaras/pathfinders should fit

[Dave Holio]

this is good cause i dont want open centres on the 4ws concept

[GQ TANK]

Thread dig.

Will a rear lsd h233 diff from a MK fit the front H233b diff of a GQ?

[Ryangtd42]

when I was an apprentice with no money I did the narvara lsd dif swap in the front lasted about 2 4x4 trips and the clutches fried I opted for the locker after that never looked back