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Jan 25, 2006 | 08:46 AM

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Homemade locker

I have a dana 60 that grenaded on me. I broke one of the spider gears and the pin in it. The gears that have the splines are undamaged, would it be possible to weld them directly to the metal sleeves in the cast carrier ? Would the metal sleeves spin ? would the cast be weakened and break ? it see's about 99% off road. Am i just going to have a bigger problem later (cracked housing) Thanks

Jan 25, 2006 | 09:13 AM

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Solid axle is not a good idea, you'll tear it up pretty quick.

Jan 25, 2006 | 09:18 AM

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But wouldn't it be the same as a spool or locker ?

Jan 25, 2006 | 09:44 AM

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it would be the same as a spool pretty much, which makes it a bad idea if you drive it on the pavement.....plus its harder on axles and hubs....now ive heard of people welding the fronts, and just unlocking one hub until they need both front wheels....but thats just something i heard, i dont know how safe it is to do....

Jan 25, 2006 | 09:57 AM

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it only see about 1% of pavement and that is when I load in on the trailer, other than that its in dirt

Jan 25, 2006 | 10:28 AM

highboy390fe

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I have my dana 60 front welded and numerous other people in the Offroad forum do also.

Jan 25, 2006 | 12:05 PM

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I don't remember off the top of my head if the sleeves spin or not but I know you can weld those gears directly to the carrier with no problems.

We call this a Lincoln Locker.