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Land anchors how?turbo gu wrote:Might be an option with BIG tyres but DANA 60s are land anchors!!
There are a couple of winch trucks that run them (solid) but they arent as worried about land anchors as much as crawler!.
Would not be a cheap option either!!
I would go a GU front with heat treated cvs for a GQ. Unless tuff truck is your aim!
They would be the same strength wise too. Only difference is that i believe the d60 would have more aftermarket optionsGUtripper wrote:Land anchors how?turbo gu wrote:Might be an option with BIG tyres but DANA 60s are land anchors!!
There are a couple of winch trucks that run them (solid) but they arent as worried about land anchors as much as crawler!.
Would not be a cheap option either!!
I would go a GU front with heat treated cvs for a GQ. Unless tuff truck is your aim!
I've run Solid D60's in 2 rigs now... They have better under diff clearance then GQ/GU diffs, and weight would be about the same.
turbo gu wrote:What size is a D60 crown wheel. It well be bigger than a GQ/GU plus a cast housing! They are alot big than a patrol housing!
Can line up flexy's next to mine, he runs GQ diffs, and 37" kevlars I run D60 semi float rear and 37" Krawlers.turbo gu wrote:No drugs.. a nissan crown wheel is approx 9 inches, a d60s is approx 10.5 inches plus allow 10mm of cast housing compared to 3mm steel housing of a nissan.
That would make the d60 at least 2inches bigger overall
happy to be proven wrong. maybe a photo of both with a tape measure.
Yeah Dragtec do these check here http://www.rockracing4x4.com/forums/sho ... uild/page6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; also as seen in Dirtcomp magWICKED wrote:Why not a D60 35spline GQ/GU HIpinion?
Buds customs is building me a custom housing with GQ centre, 35 spline axles (inner and outer) running Longfield uni's, Ried racing knuckles, artec double shear hi-steer and a 10" ram
Strength, good steering = piece of mind
I have NEVER seen, and no one I have spoken too has seen a hipinion Nissan diff fail in a front diff.
I looked into these, as I'm sure your aware, and I didn't want ball joint or the ruff stuff housing. And mine are 35 spline axles so no necking down.johnsy86 wrote:Yeah Dragtec do theseWICKED wrote:Why not a D60 35spline GQ/GU HIpinion?
Buds customs is building me a custom housing with GQ centre, 35 spline axles (inner and outer) running Longfield uni's, Ried racing knuckles, artec double shear hi-steer and a 10" ram
Strength, good steering = piece of mind
I have NEVER seen, and no one I have spoken too has seen a hipinion Nissan diff fail in a front diff.
turbo gu wrote:No drugs.. a nissan crown wheel is approx 9 inches, a d60s is approx 10.5 inches plus allow 10mm of cast housing compared to 3mm steel housing of a nissan.
That would make the d60 at least 2inches bigger overall
happy to be proven wrong. maybe a photo of both with a tape measure.
Small side note but why did you chose to put gq Diffs in instead of upgrading the Dana gear?flexytj wrote:
my tj with gq diffs in it
no as I don't care what you doWICKED wrote:I looked into these, as I'm sure your aware,johnsy86 wrote:Yeah Dragtec do theseWICKED wrote:Why not a D60 35spline GQ/GU HIpinion?
Buds customs is building me a custom housing with GQ centre, 35 spline axles (inner and outer) running Longfield uni's, Ried racing knuckles, artec double shear hi-steer and a 10" ram
Strength, good steering = piece of mind
I have NEVER seen, and no one I have spoken too has seen a hipinion Nissan diff fail in a front diff.
Probably because GQ gear is cheap to source and available everywhere, as are matching rims.... Dana 60's are harder to find..... there are 60 rears around the place from old J trucks etc if you know a few old Jeep hoarders (as I do), but try finding a D60 front locally.... then there are additional costs like hubs to match the rears etc, as many/most front 60's will be 8 lug etc.WICKED wrote:Small side note but why did you chose to put gq Diffs in instead of upgrading the Dana gear?flexytj wrote:
my tj with gq diffs in it
Wouldn't a build D44 (what ever was factory in TJ) be stronger than GQ?GUtripper wrote:Probably because GQ gear is cheap to source and available everywhere, as are matching rims.... Dana 60's are harder to find..... there are 60 rears around the place from old J trucks etc if you know a few old Jeep hoarders (as I do), but try finding a D60 front locally.... then there are additional costs like hubs to match the rears etc, as many/most front 60's will be 8 lug etc.WICKED wrote:Small side note but why did you chose to put gq Diffs in instead of upgrading the Dana gear?flexytj wrote:
my tj with gq diffs in it
Everything i found on D60s said approx 10.5 inch crown wheel. Being cast the housing will be alot thicker than a steel housing. therefore by that 2 inches by that would be right.flexytj wrote:turbo gu wrote:No drugs.. a nissan crown wheel is approx 9 inches, a d60s is approx 10.5 inches plus allow 10mm of cast housing compared to 3mm steel housing of a nissan.
That would make the d60 at least 2inches bigger overall
happy to be proven wrong. maybe a photo of both with a tape measure.
i owned a jeep on rock cruser 60s and they had more clearance under the pumpkin than my tj with gq diffs in it when fitted with the same size tyres .
terflex and dynatracs have even more clearance again .
you do not even know the crown wheel sizes and are clearly making uneducated posts of here say against people that have previously owned
or currently own d60s . d60 crown wheel is 9.75 inches h233b is 9.25 inches . i would hardly call that two inches. .
No, the stock D44 rear in a TJ would have thinner axle tubes, smaller crownwheel, and skinnier axles with lower spline count as standard. You can upgrade them to 35 spline cro-mo axles etc, but if you're swapping the front out whats the point?WICKED wrote:Wouldn't a build D44 (what ever was factory in TJ) be stronger than GQ?
You haven't priced a set have you? very very expensive, and I'm pretty sure the CVs are the same but they do have reduced load on them from the reduction hubs.PIGGQ wrote:What about portals?
WICKED wrote:I looked into these, as I'm sure your aware, and I didn't want ball joint or the ruff stuff housing. And mine are 35 spline axles so no necking down.johnsy86 wrote:Yeah Dragtec do theseWICKED wrote:Why not a D60 35spline GQ/GU HIpinion?
Buds customs is building me a custom housing with GQ centre, 35 spline axles (inner and outer) running Longfield uni's, Ried racing knuckles, artec double shear hi-steer and a 10" ram
Strength, good steering = piece of mind
I have NEVER seen, and no one I have spoken too has seen a hipinion Nissan diff fail in a front diff.
Buddy will have more info on the diff your serious about it more wheel drive.
These all look amazing. But whats the damage on the buds customs rig. I'm guessing there wouldn't be much change from 5k?
Pics of Longfield D60 Uni beside/with a 60's cv
morewheeldrive wrote:
These all look amazing. But whats the damage on the buds customs rig. I'm guessing there wouldn't be much change from $5k?
What air locker is it using? The new ones have a farely bad design fault that fails quite often.WICKED wrote:morewheeldrive wrote:
These all look amazing. But whats the damage on the buds customs rig. I'm guessing there wouldn't be much change from $5k?
$7950 includes a modified air locker
$6750 minus air locker
Its a great price when you look at the parts going in! The Ried racing kingpin knuckles are around $1200 alone, not shipped.
