welding gears
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From: Senoia, GA
mustange- no prob man, anytime!
jeremy- you don't wanna know
both of my personal rear diffs i welded were LSD. there is no difference. in fact i prefer it cause there is more metal to weld to/with! several of my other welded projects (as i will refer to them!) had LSD and all of them are still holding up very nicely!
-cutts-
jeremy- you don't wanna know
both of my personal rear diffs i welded were LSD. there is no difference. in fact i prefer it cause there is more metal to weld to/with! several of my other welded projects (as i will refer to them!) had LSD and all of them are still holding up very nicely!
-cutts-
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From: Cleveland, WI USA
I put a mini-spool in my 78 f150 460/4x4 and run 35" BFGs. It rarely sees pavement, but isn't bad when it does. Before welding gears, try the mini. Very cheap and easy to install. Best part - easy to UN-install (unlike welding the gears).
As for welding the gears, my cousin welded his GM 12 bolt by simply filling the gaps in the teeth and left one or two gaps open for a little play. He didn't weld them to the carrier or anything. I was sure the thing would grenade the first time he went out, but it didn't.
His truck is pretty bada**, too. Well built 350 w/lots of HP and 44s. We took a few trips around the block with the welded gears and even smoked the tires a few times, and the dif held up. We spent two weekends on the trails with some hard pounding and it's still going strong.
Regardless, I sure wouldn't weld mine that way. I don't know how it lasted this long, but it has.
So, I say go for the mini-spool. It's by far the best "bang for the buck" performance mod I've done.
Kevin K.
As for welding the gears, my cousin welded his GM 12 bolt by simply filling the gaps in the teeth and left one or two gaps open for a little play. He didn't weld them to the carrier or anything. I was sure the thing would grenade the first time he went out, but it didn't.
His truck is pretty bada**, too. Well built 350 w/lots of HP and 44s. We took a few trips around the block with the welded gears and even smoked the tires a few times, and the dif held up. We spent two weekends on the trails with some hard pounding and it's still going strong.
Regardless, I sure wouldn't weld mine that way. I don't know how it lasted this long, but it has.
So, I say go for the mini-spool. It's by far the best "bang for the buck" performance mod I've done.
Kevin K.
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just welding the side gears like that link says might last for a while but they will soon beat them self apart.
As far as the 12 bolt with the gaps filled in so they have some room to rock back and forth. You say he is running 44's on a 12 bolt is just wrong. it might work for a while but it is going to blow up sooner or later.
I have welded 14 bolts, dana 44's dana 60's and one 10.25 ford. All were done like in the pictures you will see in my link. the D44 went thru 4 complete sets of stock shafts, 7 sets of warn premium hubs, 2 warn stub shafts before I went to a Dana 60. it never broke and looked as good as when I put it in there from day 1.
http://www.1ton4x4.com/diffs/
As far as the 12 bolt with the gaps filled in so they have some room to rock back and forth. You say he is running 44's on a 12 bolt is just wrong. it might work for a while but it is going to blow up sooner or later.
I have welded 14 bolts, dana 44's dana 60's and one 10.25 ford. All were done like in the pictures you will see in my link. the D44 went thru 4 complete sets of stock shafts, 7 sets of warn premium hubs, 2 warn stub shafts before I went to a Dana 60. it never broke and looked as good as when I put it in there from day 1.
http://www.1ton4x4.com/diffs/
