GQ LSD differencial will it fit in my MK lwb

[Mintoy]

hi guys!!!

my frend is offering me the to extrapolate the LSD of a GQ and install it inside my rear diff. will it fit? will i be able to use my old pinion ring gear? thanks for any help.

[Screwy]

unfortunatly no.

GQ diffs will not fit in MQs at all,

they wont fit and also the axle spline counts are different.

[V8Patrol]

Interesting reading here.........

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=43402

It may not be exactly what your asking but damn its close.....

[Vsicks Pathy]

I have read through that link and got more confused as it went on.

I will ask a question that hopefuly will only require a yes or no answer.

Will a Pathfinder lsd rear diff fit into an MQ/MK front housing?

The ratio in question is 4.625:1

[DieselBoy]

Ok, lets see.

unfortunatly no.

GQ diffs will not fit in MQs at all,

they wont fit and also the axle spline counts are different.

So in that case, if a Terrano LSD will fit a GQ front diff, but the GQ and MQ diffs are in no way interchangable, then a Terrano diff will obviously not fit the MQ.
So if a MK diff is the same as a MQ diff, the Terrano LSD obviously won't fit that either.

Hope that helps a little

Cheers,
Pete.

[Vsicks Pathy]

Ok, lets see.

unfortunatly no.

GQ diffs will not fit in MQs at all,

they wont fit and also the axle spline counts are different.

So in that case, if a Terrano LSD will fit a GQ front diff, but the GQ and MQ diffs are in no way interchangable, then a Terrano diff will obviously not fit the MQ.
So if a MK diff is the same as a MQ diff, the Terrano LSD obviously won't fit that either.

Hope that helps a little

Cheers,
Pete.

So what the hell is this about???

I'll put the question to the guy at "The Diff Shop" in Chch on Monday, i was just basing my logic on the fact that if he could get me an open carrier for the Safari, which are pretty rare over here, they all have the factory LSD, then a LSD terrano/Navara carrier would be about the same as they are an extremely common vehicle over here!!!!
We will see though.
I'll ask tomorrow.

The Safari/MQ carrier fits in but the mounting holes for the crown wheel need to be machined larger and offset to fit.

[DieselBoy]

Ummm.
The rear LSD from a Terrano will fit the front of a GQ and the rear LSD from a MK will fit with some machining of the holes.
I see your point.
Technically if you could reduce the size of the holes and offset them inwards, the Terrano LSD carrier should fit the rear of your MK.

What Rainbow Warrior was saying i beleive, was that the FRONT diff of the MK is totaly different to front diff of the GQ, and the rear LSD of the Terrano will only fit the GQ front diff. The rear LSD from an MK will also fit the front diff of a GQ with some persausion.
But the front diff of the MK is different to them all so no go there.
At least thats how i read it anyway
Cheers,
Pete.

[Screwy]

I have read through that link and got more confused as it went on.

I will ask a question that hopefuly will only require a yes or no answer.

Will a Pathfinder lsd rear diff fit into an MQ/MK front housing?

The ratio in question is 4.625:1

unless the Pathfinder rear is a C200 diff, then NO it wont.

and im 80 percent positive that its not a C200.

screwy

[Vsicks Pathy]

c200 is 4.88 too isnt it.

I have 4.625s.

Looks like a lokka then.

[Screwy]

C200 diffs come out in 4.1, 4.3, and 4.625 which is the most common

[Vsicks Pathy]

C200 diffs come out in 4.1, 4.3, and 4.625 which is the most common

Ah, a slim ray of hope still exists for me then.

[Mintoy]

unfortunatly no.

GQ diffs will not fit in MQs at all,

they wont fit and also the axle spline counts are different.

thanks screwy, you saved me a whole bunch of time.