Thread: MQ Triton diff swap

Originally Posted by Delphus

Worst case scenario I should be able to just wire it up to a switch as a manual locker

Is the housing different or just the diff head? If it was me and the only difference was the diff head and the housing is the same, I'd just pop the axles out enough to clear the splines, release the driveshaft and tie it up and pop the diff head off. Bung the new one in, bolt the driveshaft on, bung the axles back in and put the wheels back on and chuck some more oil into the thing. Connect the cables and you should be golden. It just depends where the cables run into the diff assembly to activate the locker - I can't see from the photo.

That way no need to fluff about with the brakes, the handbrake, the diff hanger bolts, the shocks, likely save a couple of hours cranking on spanners. You'll need to buy a diff head gasket or make one up.

Originally Posted by No.3

Is the housing different or just the diff head? If it was me and the only difference was the diff head and the housing is the same, I'd just pop the axles out enough to clear the splines, release the driveshaft and tie it up and pop the diff head off. Bung the new one in, bolt the driveshaft on, bung the axles back in and put the wheels back on and chuck some more oil into the thing. Connect the cables and you should be golden. It just depends where the cables run into the diff assembly to activate the locker - I can't see from the photo.

That way no need to fluff about with the brakes, the handbrake, the diff hanger bolts, the shocks, likely save a couple of hours cranking on spanners. You'll need to buy a diff head gasket or make one up.

Yeah that was the initial plan. I actually just thought I was buying the diff itself. Went to pick it up and he gave me the whole thing haha.

I think it’s a faff to remove the axles on these though, they aren’t floating so will need to remove the brakes etc anyway.

This set has also done 90k less km than what’s in there, so a bit more longevity possibly out of the axles and brakes etc.

But yeah if it’s easy to remove the axles I can just swap the diff head over