welding my rear diff...
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welding my rear diff...
i've been thinking about doing this for a while since i get professional welding for free because i worked for them for a little while. i cant afford a 1k locker and if you guys talk me out of welding it ill probably save longer BUT...
the cons that ive read about so far and going slow and turning it will hop a little and make some funky noises, and coming to a stop or going in reverse it will make noises?
my other concern is will it ever break the welds due to torque? i know there are people who weld their read diffs on dragsters and it isnt a problem but still im worried about it. and longevity of my read diff being altered?
the main reason i want to do this is my open diff makes it extremely hard to work in my truck in my yard, and others yards. i always put it in 4wd to prevent tearing up clients grass. and sometimes i want to peel out and get sideways
TIA for any replys
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the cons that ive read about so far and going slow and turning it will hop a little and make some funky noises, and coming to a stop or going in reverse it will make noises?
my other concern is will it ever break the welds due to torque? i know there are people who weld their read diffs on dragsters and it isnt a problem but still im worried about it. and longevity of my read diff being altered?
the main reason i want to do this is my open diff makes it extremely hard to work in my truck in my yard, and others yards. i always put it in 4wd to prevent tearing up clients grass. and sometimes i want to peel out and get sideways
TIA for any replys
2258
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For a daily drive you will hate. I did it to my avatar mostly because my lsd was shot and i needed the traction for launching but when it came to turning it made a loud clancking noise and it felt like the car was hopping and in the rain it liked to go sideways in the curves alot, just buy a locker or cheaper alt. is buying a used factory lsd diff
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I've never had a locker in a truck just LS but my tractors have locking differentials, I don't know how the truck would react but my tractors can do some pretty weird stuff with the differential completely locked up when turning.... If you're turning at all in your clients yards a locked differential will likely tear the yard up as much or more than using 4x4, One tire is always going to be slipping in a turn with a locked differential regardless of traction.
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You don't even have to do that. If you find a LS unit in a junk yard truck pull the chunk and when you take yours out just swap the ring gear. Just use the carrier from the donor truck. That way your gears are still a match set and you don't have to worry about finding the correct gear ratio. It is what I did on mine and it is working well
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okay so i bought back the rear i had in the first place that is 4:10 ls...so i still clean up the new axle make it look nice and take it to my guy and say what you said and he should understand? because that sounds confusing, AND what is the average cost to have a rear rebuilt as in new seals, bearing etc
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You don't even have to do that. If you find a LS unit in a junk yard truck pull the chunk and when you take yours out just swap the ring gear. Just use the carrier from the donor truck. That way your gears are still a match set and you don't have to worry about finding the correct gear ratio. It is what I did on mine and it is working well
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I can give u a rough estimate. Figure 3-400 for diff swap labor/shop consumibles. Plus about 125-250 for ring and pinion themselves. If u get a new carrier u can spend 3-500 on it. Carrier bearings are 75ish a piece. Seals are probably 25-50 a piece. If everything needs to be replaced your looking close to 11-1400 with labor. If all they need to do is a ring and pinion swap and a quick check and everything's still good. I'd say 500. Go to a very recommended off road shop near u. They've done more axle/diff/R&P swaps and work then any mechanics shop ever will.
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the plan is to do the actual swap of axles myself, and use the existing gears in the axle i got... so the rough estimate to have me take the new axle without it on the truck to my local off road shop to have it checked( i have looked at the gears and they look awesome) as in bearings and seals would be around 200 in parts and what 200 in labor?
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