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ive written off my gu ute and i am stripping it down. me and a mate where thinking bout swapping centres. just wondering if gq and gu diff centers would be interchangable? thanks

Thay sure are the same just depends on the ratio of the diffs of each truck. trans/axle plate will tell you what the ratio is, ......411- 4.11
.....39- 3.9 and so on.

Hope this helps.

Red Dog

not all of them are the same, some gu's have the h260 rear diff where as gq's and some gus have the h230 or 233 or what ever it is (slightly smaller rear diff) the locker from the 260 isnt interchangable with the small one iirc.

sure if my info is wrong tho someone will correct me

cooki_monsta wrote:not all of them are the same, some gu's have the h260 rear diff where as gq's and some gus have the h230 or 233 or what ever it is (slightly smaller rear diff) the locker from the 260 isnt interchangable with the small one iirc.

sure if my info is wrong tho someone will correct me

Pretty much correct...

If the UTE is leaf sprung will have the big rear diff which wont suit...

Coil ute will fit most models.

thanks guys, the ute is coil sprung and should be good to go. thanks again

oh the other easier way around it is to swap the whole diff assy over

swap hole diffs the gu ones are bigger/wider and stronger in the cv area.

putting a gq centre into a gu u have to take out the thrust washer i think it is so im assuming when putting a gu centre into a gq u will need to put that bit in.

but i would be swapping the complete diffs as said above

money_killer wrote:putting a gq centre into a gu u have to take out the thrust washer i think it is so im assuming when putting a gu centre into a gq u will need to put that bit in.

but i would be swapping the complete diffs as said above

This is not coorect.

The early GQ airlocker had a thrust block inside them, this was to suit the MQ rear. To fit one of these to a GU it required the htrust block removed or 5mm cut from the ends of each axle.

DO NOT remove the thrust washers. This will cause the CV to protrude into the spindle too far and it will chew the inside of the spindle.

If you have not damaged the GU axle assmbly's, change the whole lot over. They are a direct bolt in.

nastytroll wrote:

money_killer wrote:putting a gq centre into a gu u have to take out the thrust washer i think it is so im assuming when putting a gu centre into a gq u will need to put that bit in.

but i would be swapping the complete diffs as said above

This is not coorect.

The early GQ airlocker had a thrust block inside them, this was to suit the MQ rear. To fit one of these to a GU it required the htrust block removed or 5mm cut from the ends of each axle.

DO NOT remove the thrust washers. This will cause the CV to protrude into the spindle too far and it will chew the inside of the spindle.

If you have not damaged the GU axle assmbly's, change the whole lot over. They are a direct bolt in.

ok no worries. so how do u fit a gq centre to tha gu diff ? i ask that question here about 2 months ago and that is wat i was told ?

thanks aaron

money_killer wrote:

nastytroll wrote:

money_killer wrote:putting a gq centre into a gu u have to take out the thrust washer i think it is so im assuming when putting a gu centre into a gq u will need to put that bit in.

but i would be swapping the complete diffs as said above

This is not coorect.

The early GQ airlocker had a thrust block inside them, this was to suit the MQ rear. To fit one of these to a GU it required the thrust block removed or 5mm cut from the ends of each axle.

DO NOT remove the thrust washers. This will cause the CV to protrude into the spindle too far and it will chew the inside of the spindle.

If you have not damaged the GU axle assmbly's, change the whole lot over. They are a direct bolt in.

ok no worries. so how do u fit a gq centre to tha gu diff ? i ask that question here about 2 months ago and that is wat i was told ?

thanks aaron

Read the second line I wrote above. The 5mm gets cut from the centre side of the axle, it only applies to early gq airlockers. I think the airlockers changed in 2004 ish to have no thrust block so GQ/GU are the same locker now.

nastytroll wrote:

money_killer wrote:

nastytroll wrote:

money_killer wrote:putting a gq centre into a gu u have to take out the thrust washer i think it is so im assuming when putting a gu centre into a gq u will need to put that bit in.

but i would be swapping the complete diffs as said above

This is not coorect.

The early GQ airlocker had a thrust block inside them, this was to suit the MQ rear. To fit one of these to a GU it required the thrust block removed or 5mm cut from the ends of each axle.

DO NOT remove the thrust washers. This will cause the CV to protrude into the spindle too far and it will chew the inside of the spindle.

If you have not damaged the GU axle assmbly's, change the whole lot over. They are a direct bolt in.

ok no worries. so how do u fit a gq centre to tha gu diff ? i ask that question here about 2 months ago and that is wat i was told ?

thanks aaron

Read the second line I wrote above. The 5mm gets cut from the centre side of the axle, it only applies to early gq airlockers. I think the airlockers changed in 2004 ish to have no thrust block so GQ/GU are the same locker now.

thanks for making that clear i understand now cheers