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Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 4:47 pm**

What does a complete gq front diff weigh in at with brake calipers
also after the same for the rear?
thanks wes.

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 5:12 pm**

around 220kg front and 180kg rear

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:21 pm**

DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear

surely there not heavy, if they are im stronger than i thought, i picked one up once and im sure i couldnt lift 220kg, sure i struggled to lift it off the ground, but i would of guessed about 120-140kgs, maybe i just ODed on weet bix that day

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:00 pm**

hi-luxmadness wrote:
DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear
surely there not heavy, if they are im stronger than i thought, i picked one up once and im sure i couldnt lift 220kg, sure i struggled to lift it off the ground, but i would of guessed about 120-140kgs, maybe i just ODed on weet bix that day

I weighed a gu diff with the bigger brakes and heaps of reinforcing a nd it came in at 245kgs.

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:38 pm**

if they weight that much im superman

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 7:44 pm**

may be somone is getting kg and lbs mixed up

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:49 pm**

not possible, i lifed one end of mine heaps of times moving them about. i weigh 69kg no ways i am lifting 100+kg

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:08 pm**

DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear

mate just wondering if you have wieghed them?

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:31 pm**

tuf045 wrote:
DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear
mate just wondering if you have wieghed them?

i think kia has gone to his brain...

Posted: **Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:45 pm**

MADZUKI wrote:
tuf045 wrote:
DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear
mate just wondering if you have wieghed them?

i think kia has gone to his brain...

The weights were what I was told, I haven't actually weighed them. I could be out 20-30 kg each end, but I doubt whether it would be much more than that. FWIW I measured how much my suspension dropped with both of them in the back (curiousity only, after geting the mofos into the back if the Kia), it was about 1.9" with 225lb/inch springs in the rear, makes a best guess estimate of ~400 kg for the two (about what I was told). The rest was an eyeball split of the weight difference between the two.

By all means if you have the facilities to accurately weigh them individually please do and I'll pull my head in.............

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:21 am**

DAMKIA wrote:
MADZUKI wrote:
tuf045 wrote:
DAMKIA wrote:around 220kg front and 180kg rear
mate just wondering if you have wieghed them?

i think kia has gone to his brain...
The weights were what I was told, I haven't actually weighed them. I could be out 20-30 kg each end, but I doubt whether it would be much more than that. FWIW I measured how much my suspension dropped with both of them in the back (curiousity only, after geting the mofos into the back if the Kia), it was about 1.9" with 225lb/inch springs in the rear, makes a best guess estimate of ~400 kg for the two (about what I was told). The rest was an eyeball split of the weight difference between the two.
mate personally i think that you are right with the weights!

By all means if you have the facilities to accurately weigh them individually please do and I'll pull my head in.............

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:30 am**

something doesn't sound right here..
a pait of unimog 404 axles with all the torque tube stuff included on a pallet weighs in at 500kg...
i can't see the nissan stuff being anywhere near that..

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:42 pm**

i reckon itd be pretty close to 100, after moving them around a few times theyre farkin heavy. i pulled out mulls rear MQ centre and under the car it was definately a two hand job to let it down to the ground (i reckon it would have been 30 kilos)

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:46 pm**

I’m not 100% sure, but I think they weigh more than a duck

surely some one has a set of spare diffs and some bathroom scales?

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:05 pm**

jeep97tj wrote:I’m not 100% sure, but I think they weigh more than a duck

surely some one has a set of spare diffs and some bathroom scales?

mate have tryed that and they easily max out 120kg bathroom scales and before you ask yes i was weighing one at a time.

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:15 pm**

surely to give yourself a rough idea, you could see how many times and how far the batheroom scales go round to give you a rough weight,

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:19 pm**

ozy1 wrote:surely to give yourself a rough idea, you could see how many times and how far the batheroom scales go round to give you a rough weight,

about 15rpm

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:35 pm**

DAMKIA wrote:
ozy1 wrote:surely to give yourself a rough idea, you could see how many times and how far the batheroom scales go round to give you a rough weight,
about 15rpm

nice, but if the diffs are around 200kg's the scales should only get close to going twice round, so it would be a fir indication, unless he is using digital scales, that go out on error

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:50 pm**

So who is gona take 1 for the team and strip their diffs down and weigh all the separate pieces??

Front mog weighs 197kg rear 180kg. They cant weigh more than a mog

Posted: **Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:51 pm**

tuf045 wrote:
jeep97tj wrote:I’m not 100% sure, but I think they weigh more than a duck

surely some one has a set of spare diffs and some bathroom scales?
mate have tryed that and they easily max out 120kg bathroom scales and before you ask yes i was weighing one at a time.

Did u try getting off the scales your self?

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:07 am**

jeep97tj wrote:
tuf045 wrote:
jeep97tj wrote:I’m not 100% sure, but I think they weigh more than a duck

surely some one has a set of spare diffs and some bathroom scales?
mate have tryed that and they easily max out 120kg bathroom scales and before you ask yes i was weighing one at a time.
Did u try getting off the scales your self?

striped a gu rear (big one) and weighed it all in peices and it came in at 145kg including brakes.

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:07 pm**

i lifted a couple of GQ diffs onto a trailer with another guy...... took 3 of us to lift the front diff..... 2 of us managed the rear one..... heavy bastards!!

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:14 pm**

RoeDao wrote:i lifted a couple of GQ diffs onto a trailer with another guy...... took 3 of us to lift the front diff..... 2 of us managed the rear one..... heavy bastards!!

I ended up having to come back, when the guy I bought them from could organise an engine hoist..............

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:41 pm**

Used a bobcat to lift the mogs off the trailer, 2 of us tried to lift them off the trailer, but when we felt our insides trying to shoot out our ass

....
We managed to drag them along the floor though

Posted: **Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:46 pm**

Front 4.1 diff centre complete with detroit weighs about 35kg, i sent one to brisbane

Rob

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:42 am**

jeep97tj wrote:Used a bobcat to lift the mogs off the trailer, 2 of us tried to lift them off the trailer, but when we felt our insides trying to shoot out our ass ....
We managed to drag them along the floor though

Posted: **Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:00 am**

Wendle wrote:something doesn't sound right here..
a pait of unimog 404 axles with all the torque tube stuff included on a pallet weighs in at 500kg...
i can't see the nissan stuff being anywhere near that..

Huh - mine on the pallet with both torque tubes, 2x spare knuckles, 2X spare portal boxes and steering linkages was 795kg.......and I have the danged invoices ta prove it :(.

Not saying I don't believe ya, cause I just rated the mogs as "bloody heavy", but something don't add up.......but that could be the shipping company just ripping me of a bit more

jeep97tj wrote:Used a bobcat to lift the mogs off the trailer, 2 of us tried to lift them off the trailer, but when we felt our insides trying to shoot out our ass ....
We managed to drag them along the floor though

LOL had all sorts of fun getting them off the back of my ute by myself - ended up just using the engine crane & it worked a treat - except it kept sinking into my cobbled driveway so it was baby-steps

Once down they roll quite nicely on those big drums.....

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