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leaf sprung gq ute

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 12:53 pm
by bczook
hi

i picked up a gq ute leaf all round to upgrade from my mq shorty. iam wanting to put my 35's on the ute before i sell the shorty i have been told the mq springs wont fit is there springs of another model that will fit perhaps 60 series?? also i have both front and rear air lockers in the mq will these fit the gq?


cheers

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:25 pm
by j-top paj
mq diffs are different to gq, i dont think the lockers will fit

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:39 pm
by WICKED
rear locker may fit but the front wont.

You'll have to check the spline count to be sure however.

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 6:47 pm
by gorilla
Springs are different, MQ ones are 60mm wide, GQ ones are 70mm wide.

You can use front springs from a 60 series or 75 series ute. But rear springs will need to be GQ ones.

Lockers won't fit.

I fitted 35's with no lift
--> then made extended shackles to give 2" lift
--> and am now running 75 series parabolics up front cause the cause the stock springs were shagged.

Rear is just extended shackles and shagged springs.

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:15 pm
by badger
if mq is small diff the rear will fit the gq front with a few mods. if it is big diff the rear may working depending in spline count as they are both h260's

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:22 pm
by gorilla
badger wrote:if mq is small diff the rear will fit the gq front with a few mods. if it is big diff the rear may working depending in spline count as they are both h260's
Yes rear may fit in front with mods, ie. get holes re-drilled for the crown wheel

However, MQ SWB have the small rear diff, H233, the utes have the big diff H260, rear locker won't fit in rear

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:56 pm
by 90Mav
I have a leaf GQ and believe that rear locker will fit (H260 37spline only)
from ARB catalog

MQ's aparantly had boath H233 (31 spline) and H260 rear diffs

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 10:35 pm
by j-top paj
any benefit from having 37spline instead of 31?

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:14 pm
by 90Mav
20% stronger i spose???

Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:17 pm
by j-top paj
sounds good to me

locker

Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:33 pm
by bczook
Image

the front is RD27
and the rear is RD04

so the rd04 will fit the gq front if i re-drill the crown wheel?
and rd27 definetly wont fit


cheers