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Hey guys,

I've finally got a new diff housing for the GQ and have discovered that I'll need to do the swap alone... What tools do I need/do you recommend I'll need to get this done with minimal pain?

Cheers

Edit: Neglected to mention that the housing already has a centre and axels, it just needs to be bolted on.

big set of spanners
possibly a breaker bar
jack
car stands x 2 sets one for the patrol one set for the diff
small spanners for brake lines
muscles

i'm guessing the diff is hub to hub ... as u said it had axels in it :S

Thats the words I was looking for... sorry, had a long day at work.

Rattle gun would make things much easier, but if you cant get that than yeh a a breaker bar is next best thing.

rattle gun, and if doing a full diff swap, a hydraulic jack with a nice big head on it to sit the diff on and lift up and pull around into place

Should be able to do the rattlegun, I have bits and pieces in the shed I havn't explored yet, theres probably one there...

Got car stands and spanners, I think the only thing I lack is a decent jack, thanks guys I'll check it all out.

BEER

50mm hub socket, 8mm hex bit for your rattle gun and a good set of circlip pliers.

the rest of its all simple stuff

ok just noticed the diff is complete not a housing, can what i said altho if it were me id check cv's n bearings wshile its on the floor

mavzilla wrote:BEER

save the beer until the hardest part of the job is done.

Or when you're stumped.... then have a beer... often gets your brain doing a bit of 'overtime' to work out the problem

mavzilla wrote:BEER

cant do a job like that without beer

isnt it 53mm?

i thought it was 54mm

54 it is

i havnt pulled mine out yet, but the book says 53.

ill take experience and say its 54

at that size, if it is 53 and u use a 54, it isnt gonna matter anyway

but if its 54 and u use a 53 it will

that was the point i was making

Froon,

You finished yet, sick of seeing your 2wd Nissan in the carpark. May as well buy a sedan.

Steve

Swerve wrote:Froon,

You finished yet, sick of seeing your 2wd Nissan in the carpark. May as well buy a sedan.

Steve

give him a hand

No, it's 53. Get an old Radius Arm front bolt and grind the threaded end to a point. When refitting the arms, if you're having trouble lining up the front holes, knocking the modified bolt in can help. Then knock the new bolt in from the other side.

Froon,

You finished yet

Steve

Bolt some wheels on if you have any lying around - the smaller the better. Makes life really easy moving the diff around and positioning it under the truck. Saves having to do the balancing act on a trolley jack too. Just jack your truck up as high as you can get.

Brake lines are a bitch to undo without striping the nut .

And yes mine are now round .

Also some diff housings are a bees @ick different as I needed to mod part of my caster plate on the drivers side to clear the diff pumkin
Which had me fu*ked why

crack the old brake line nut with some vice grips n use a flared nut spanner on it, any time after that a flare nut spanner will be fine.

After years of being tight, the first time crack to unseat the nut is hard.

Swerve wrote:Froon,

You finished yet

Steve

You didn't see me walking around the office in a sling mate? Nearly killed myself just moving the bloody thing...

I've actually come up with a better solution though... after FINALLY figuring out what the issue was, I think I'll use the new diff bits to rebuild the hubs... My brother in law finally admitted the other day to assembling the wrong when he replaced the bearings for me (knew I should have done them myself)

So anyway... Think I'll be working on it this weekend.[/i]