welded diff, pointers
 

yeah im sick of my gay open diff and i dont feel like laying out some cash for an lsd. i have a spare blown hf tranny i can practice this on so thats not a big deal.

question is that is there any special way to go about this that works best? anyone have pics of a diff that they welded?

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

I'd say use a stick welder cause I'm not sure a fluxcore would give you enough penatration with welding those spider gears together. I don't think spools are that much.

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

i see, i do have access to a stick welder so ill use that

i dont even know where exactly to weld, i hate ------- with trannies

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

YOu've got the 4 spider gears in the diff. Once your pull the diff out of the tranny, you can see it as it's right in the open. Weld the 4 gears all together.

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

street driven I hope not


Honestly I would shell out a couple bucks and have someone weld it unless you have a powerful welder

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

ok, I'm agaisnt welded diff's.......

but if your gonna do it, start it off right by inserting inner axle cups into the diff and then preheating to 300 degrees for one hour before starting to weld.

BTW, make sure to remove the bearings and speedo gear before preheating of welding, they won't survive.

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

welded gears.....i say they only last 1 week....before snapping of course

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

Bump.

Any one here actully run a welded diff? I have a spare tranny with a blown diff, and my car is basicly a weekend/track car only.
Is it safe at highway speeds around corners? Or is there allways a wheel trying to break loose?
I dont care about parking.

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

safe at highway speeds yes cornering OH HELL NO!!!! if you value life DO NOT weld your diff unless its TRACK ONLY unless you like cornering with a heavy duty clunking noise and huge oversteer/understeer... this mod is a track only type of mod and i wouldnt advise it on the street for safety reasons

Re: welded diff, pointers
 

Well it's basicly a track only car, but the car get's driven to the track. I'm not baller enough to get trailerd to the track.