Page 1 of 1
picture showing gu v's gq c's dana 60
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:27 pm
by zzzz
Just thought this picture might be interesting to some people.
Wish I had more axles to compare, but this was all that was lying around.
GQ top
dana 60 - 1.5" 35 spline
GU bottom
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 5:32 pm
by N*A*M
cool
anyone have a pic of gq vs fj80?
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 6:14 pm
by DaveS3
Defender Vs 101 FC (Eats GU CV's)
Dave
Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2005 7:10 pm
by RUFF
Zac can you do me a favour and measure the smallest diameter of the stub shafts on both the GQ and the GU CVs? They apear to be the same diameter in those pics.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:28 am
by bru21
i think they are. the locking hubs are interchangeable
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 7:48 am
by zzzz
RUFF wrote:Zac can you do me a favour and measure the smallest diameter of the stub shafts on both the GQ and the GU CVs? They apear to be the same diameter in those pics.
I will measure them up for you, but it will take a few days.
The main difference I could see is that the bell has a lot more material around the bearings in the GU version.
But they do look pretty much the same size to me as well. The calipers will tell the truth
Does anyone know if they are made out of different material?
Looking at the nissan stuff it looks like it would break where it necks down but I am told that rarely happens.
cheers
z
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:10 pm
by hypo
N*A*M wrote:cool
anyone have a pic of gq vs fj80?
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:13 pm
by hypo
by the way the larger(cleaner) one is the fj80 the dirty(broken) one is the GQ
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:16 pm
by ludacris
The 80 series is bigger but weaker.
LudaCris
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:40 pm
by N*A*M
cool ben
trying to find out about fitting cr-mo fj longfields into gq housings
hope the knuckle ball has enough room
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:41 pm
by hypo
ludacris wrote:The 80 series is bigger but weaker.
LudaCris
y the weeker ??
u hear of more GQ cv's than 80 cv's busting, well i have anyways
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:45 pm
by hypo
N*A*M wrote:cool ben
trying to find out about fitting cr-mo fj longfields into gq housings
hope the knuckle ball has enough room
yeah it can b done, Carlton has got all the measurements sused and that, i was gunna do it 2 mine but i wanna build sumthing different
zook on 80 series diffs
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:46 pm
by Drafty
How many 80's do you see competing in comps compared to GQ's though
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:46 pm
by hypo
sorry i just re read wot u said, i duno if the 80 series cv's will fit but the luxy cromo ones will, and they will b way stronger than the GQ
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:51 am
by Wendle
the 80 series cr-mo longfields won't fit in to gq knuckle, but the hilux ones will. that will be a strong front end then.
it will be interesting to see how the heat treated stock GQ cv's go for strength, as it is very rarely the bell that breaks, usually the star and race get exploded and the bell is perfect untill you keep driving on it for a while. the ring welded on the end should hopefully stop the cv distorting enough to let the balls smash the star though ?????
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:23 pm
by 80UTE
ludacris wrote:The 80 series is bigger but weaker.
LudaCris
I don't understand how you come to that conclusion
Ive broken 80 CV's but that was with 38's B/Block Chev and lots of revs in high range and sheared the end of the shaft off. What must be concidered is that the majority of 80's in Oz were fulltime 4x4 and these CV's getting around have done how many k's and ive replaced them for noise problems and have seem noisy high km ones let go as well. I run new non gen but made in Japan CV's with heaps of confidence. The only thing that lets the 80 diff down in a big truck is the hilux size diff. Every thing else in the Toy diff is great ie Wheel bearing size/spacing, free wheel hubs, axles and brakes.
Wally