lincoln locker, quick question
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redrooster
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RE: Addition to my family
You don't need to preheat the carrier as you don't need to weld to it anyway. Weld only the side gears to the spider gears. You should weld a bead between each meshing spider gear. That means 4 welds per side gear, 8 welds total.
The best method is to remove the carrier and weld it together on the workbench. I have seen people weld it while still in the vehicle. You just have to be careful not to get weld spawls in the ring and pinion gears or the bearings. There is a spray at welding shops that you can put on there to prevent weld spawls from sticking or just cover everything up nicely.
You don't need to preheat the carrier as you don't need to weld to it anyway. Weld only the side gears to the spider gears. You should weld a bead between each meshing spider gear. That means 4 welds per side gear, 8 welds total.
The best method is to remove the carrier and weld it together on the workbench. I have seen people weld it while still in the vehicle. You just have to be careful not to get weld spawls in the ring and pinion gears or the bearings. There is a spray at welding shops that you can put on there to prevent weld spawls from sticking or just cover everything up nicely.
Snitty
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RE: code 25- with clicking alternator/starter?
Rooster's got it. I REALLY suggest NOT welding to the carrier. If you want to preheat the spiders, you can, to help penetrate if you don't have a very high amp welder. He's right on the welding method, just between the meshing gears, 8 welds total
Rooster's got it. I REALLY suggest NOT welding to the carrier. If you want to preheat the spiders, you can, to help penetrate if you don't have a very high amp welder. He's right on the welding method, just between the meshing gears, 8 welds total
Bounty__Hunter
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Both of my axles are done as RR described, using a 220MIG welder. My buddy that welded them loaded up each of the 8 corners with metal, the more the merrier. Splatter easily scrapes off the ring gear, mine were done in the axle housings.
88Wrangles
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RE: Oil pressure in a 360
I welded mine in the alxe (which was on the truck) with a 240 arc welder. I put a total of 24 welds...3 on each area where the gears meet. Neither the front or rear welds have broken yet, and they're in a 7,000+ lb truck which now has over 600 lb/ft of torque.
Some people also fill the whole thing up with metal...which makes it exactly like a mini spool.
I welded mine in the alxe (which was on the truck) with a 240 arc welder. I put a total of 24 welds...3 on each area where the gears meet. Neither the front or rear welds have broken yet, and they're in a 7,000+ lb truck which now has over 600 lb/ft of torque.
Some people also fill the whole thing up with metal...which makes it exactly like a mini spool.
redrooster
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RE: Las Vegas Jeepers ?
I hear ya!! What's another 10 lbs of welds on a 7,000 lb truck?
88Wrangles said:
I hear ya!! What's another 10 lbs of welds on a 7,000 lb truck?
I know that you don't weld to the carrier... I just wanted to see if people removed it or not, I ask about the heating cause Some old wheeling guy I met the other day was telling me to preheat it in an oven, it will open the gears up slightly, weld it up, and then let it cool in an over that is turned off, so that it cools very slowly.
I welded up the spyder gears in my old YJ, but that was 6 years ago. I welded them up inside the carrier, never really had a problem, but it got totalled after only 2000K miles after I locked it so I am unsure if my method was indeed long lasting..
I welded up the spyder gears in my old YJ, but that was 6 years ago. I welded them up inside the carrier, never really had a problem, but it got totalled after only 2000K miles after I locked it so I am unsure if my method was indeed long lasting..
redrooster
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In a perfect world you would preheat all metals before welding them to retain strength. Most people sacrifice a little strength due to impatience. I don't think you will lose enough strength to crack a side gear in half, which is what it would take to make it fail.
Besides if you put it in the oven, your next batch of cookies would smell like 90 weight a$$.
Besides if you put it in the oven, your next batch of cookies would smell like 90 weight a$$.
88Wrangles
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RE: YJ TRAILER PICS
You could use a torch to heat it while it's in the diff. if you're carefull. Or, if you're using a stick welder to do it....pre-heat it with that.
You could use a torch to heat it while it's in the diff. if you're carefull. Or, if you're using a stick welder to do it....pre-heat it with that.
