Has anyone welded a 35? I'm considering welding one up and using it as a disposable axle. I don't wheel hard just some minor mud on the weekends. Do Yall think it will hold for longer than a few months? Or less?

 

It would be disposable all right, no matter how you slice it dana 35's are crap. I can hear the sound of snapping axle shafts already!

 

Have you personally done it? If not, I'm looking for personal experience. Thanks anyways tho.

 

its not really a timeframe thing.
it could snap backing out of a driveway the day you weld it, or a few years from now beating on it off-road.

it will just take that "right" amount of traction to make the shafts or gears give out.

 

I welded the Dana 35 in my wifes 2 door, and she runs this Jeep hard....off road only. 31 inch Dick Cepek tires, very aggressive. The weld was fine, but we did not truss the rear and it lasted one full Jeep season before the axles snapped due to the rear sagging. It was a very cheap upgrade and only took a few hours. But I have to agree with the other posts, terrible rear. But you do what you can with what you have.....I have a friend who ran a chain around the pumpkin and over the frame rails to stop the sagging, he's still going on his Dana 35 for two years now.

 

does anyone have pics on how to do this?