Hello,
I am thinking of using Patrol axles in my old Range Rover based buggy. I have heard that I can use GQ axles. Are there two types of these axles, one of them stronger?
I can find easily here MK axles. Are they different (except they have leaf spring bases)?
Are there aftermarket stronger shafts for these axles or they are strong enough (ie how they compare with a D44 or D69)? Any good source for R&P's?
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Patrol Axles for Rover
Patrol Axles for Rover
Pajero 88 model, with 3.5 V6 manual
Traka buggy, RR Classic based, 3.9 EFI, auto
Traka buggy, RR Classic based, 3.9 EFI, auto
In a buggy you can use anything you want, so long as you have near the right offset.
MK will be much cheaper and my understanding is MK/MQ and GQ use many same bits anyway so strength is not really much different until you move to GU (which are too bloody expensive).
I know of at least one guy here a little while ago who used Nissan Axles in his rangie - might be worth doing a search to try and find details of the build.
MK will be much cheaper and my understanding is MK/MQ and GQ use many same bits anyway so strength is not really much different until you move to GU (which are too bloody expensive).
I know of at least one guy here a little while ago who used Nissan Axles in his rangie - might be worth doing a search to try and find details of the build.
To answer you question the big nissan diff which I think you reffer to as the "stronger" is a H260 as opposed to the H233 fitted to 90% of GQ patrols.
Strengthened axles.............you will not have to worry about them as you would have to have serious power and be doing something stupid to break them more then once especially in a H260.
Strengthened axles.............you will not have to worry about them as you would have to have serious power and be doing something stupid to break them more then once especially in a H260.
Cheers
Linc
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Re: Patrol Axles for Rover
Most of the rovers with Nissan axles use the GQ. The GQ track is a little wider than rangie and improves stability.xappas wrote:Hello,
I am thinking of using Patrol axles in my old Range Rover based buggy. I have heard that I can use GQ axles. Are there two types of these axles, one of them stronger?
I can find easily here MK axles. Are they different (except they have leaf spring bases)?
Are there aftermarket stronger shafts for these axles or they are strong enough (ie how they compare with a D44 or D69)? Any good source for R&P's?
I can't imagine that you will need the strength of the bigger H260 diff and the loss of ground clearance is a disadvantage.
There is a succesful winch challenge rangie here that uses a GQ front high pinion diff centre in the rear. AFAIK he doesn't have a problem with the r&p strength. The advantages with the high pinion are more ground clearance under the drive shaft and better u-joint angles.
John
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