Trailer & or Camper GQ/GU Axles

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Originally Posted by biggqwesty

But then why build a trailer to carry all these 'spares' which are being used

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Cheers BigGQWesty!

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Originally Posted by MudRunnerTD

Murphy's law will see you using your spare parts to fix your trailer and then your car fail. The Nissan rear is a whole new level of tough compared to Toyota. It would be the least of my worries.

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Cheers MudRunnerTD !

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Originally Posted by Robo

Using the gu axle would snow ball in expense and maintenance. not to mention the extra fuel to drag it around. then there's the hydraulic brake problem, finding the correct over rider master cyl to supply the correct pressure for gu calipers & trailer weight. also more chance of getting hung up.

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Cheers Robo !

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Originally Posted by the evil twin

Never if you are carrying a spare... It's the law. Hehehehe... If it came down to failure rate the ZD30 boys would have to carry a spare you know what before a rear bearing

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Cheers ET !

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Originally Posted by nissannewby

How often does a rear bearing fail in a patrol though?

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Cheers NissanNewby !

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Originally Posted by MB

G'day NIssanPatrol.com.au, Recently toiling with the idea of upgrading my camper axles and or building a new camper from scratch using a full rear GU axle, diff, springs, towers etc.. more so as an emergency rolling spare parts carrier for its GU tow rig. Can anybody see any possible hidden problems with the concept besides weight and having to drag an extra diff housing along rutted out tracks? Cheers in advance !

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Thankyou Gents (All) !

More than appreciate all of your input to my wacky theory!

Truly have learn't a lot, 'KISS' theory again, must keep it simple :-) !!

Cheers MB !!!

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Originally Posted by MB

Thankyou Gents (All) !

More than appreciate all of your input to my wacky theory!

Truly have learn't a lot, 'KISS' theory again, must keep it simple :-) !!

Cheers MB !!!

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Well you don't have to.. but sometimes it is the better option..

Do you want to build a trailer/camper not that hard IMO ??