which double cardin

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

Which double cardin do people recommend?
i have heard MQ patrols are quite large DC joints.
hilux seem more common but ive heard arent as big.

what do you guys think?
im looking at strength here.
and is there another option thats better but able to be sourced easily like the above 2?

also, making my custom shafts out of 80 and GQ shafts as it works out cheaper to use the flanges off these (im running dual GQ transfer and 80 diffs). if i was to use one of these shafts as a base for the custom shaft, which would people recommend, GQ or 80?
has anyone got info on the thickness of these 2? and which has larger uni joints?

cheers

Tony

[nastytroll]

nissan are good have also heared good thing about F truck, also some light trucks use the like dyna's ect

[rvh96]

MQ and hilux/60 series double cardens are the same unit except for flange patten and are both weak as piss they will only work on a front part time shaft.If you want strength go for a sagnaw DC 3R series from a chev or caddy limo they have the same bolt patten as GQ rear you just need to make a sleeve for the spigot and their cheaper as well

[nastytroll]

thanks for the info, the saginaw ones where what I was thinkin of, read it in an old peterson mag for upgrades for hiluxes but could not remember specifics

[STIKA]

i had issues with f truck uni, they seem to be alot smaller in the caps and wider between the caps, than the cruiser ones

as well as no one ever semed to have them on the shelf

[rvh96]

f trucks use spicer double cardons they are available in 1310 or 1330 series but they have A needle roller on the pivot pin same as the jap cardons which fail eventually the saginaws use a ball pivot with spring loaded half moon bushes to locate the centre much stronger setup and last a lot longer .I keep all types of double cardons in stock .Incidentally i have saginaw double cardons front and rear on my GU.

[frp88]

Which double cardin do people recommend?
i have heard MQ patrols are quite large DC joints.
hilux seem more common but ive heard arent as big.

what do you guys think?
im looking at strength here.
and is there another option thats better but able to be sourced easily like the above 2?

also, making my custom shafts out of 80 and GQ shafts as it works out cheaper to use the flanges off these (im running dual GQ transfer and 80 diffs). if i was to use one of these shafts as a base for the custom shaft, which would people recommend, GQ or 80?
has anyone got info on the thickness of these 2? and which has larger uni joints?

cheers

Tony

I just have to ask why are you using the 80 diff which has an offset centre? or am i wrong

[up2nogood]

saginaws use a ball pivot with spring loaded half moon bushes to locate the centre much stronger setup and last a lot longer .I keep all types of double cardons in stock.

Got any idea on $?

Thinking of modding my Rover shafts, are these flanged? Will be welding them on in place of the Rover parts.

[ausyota]

saginaws use a ball pivot with spring loaded half moon bushes to locate the centre much stronger setup and last a lot longer .I keep all types of double cardons in stock.

Got any idea on $?

Thinking of modding my Rover shafts, are these flanged? Will be welding them on in place of the Rover parts.

Yeah I would be interested in a price too.
Also how hard are they to mod to a Lux bolt pattern?
Cheers
Paul.

[Chook350]

f trucks use spicer double cardons they are available in 1310 or 1330 series but they have A needle roller on the pivot pin same as the jap cardons

my mq dc joint has the ball pivot on the front shaft, not sure if its standard or not. its stuffed anyway, need to source a new shaft or send mine away for repair