parking lots and u-turns suck

 

I have driven it there a lot with it welded

 

your post says you welded it the other day?

edit...whooops...didnt realize this thread was a month old

 

on my dd the gears r welded and the kid that did welded the c clips to its a 8.25 can i get the pinion seal out and put a new one in ?

 

you can still replace the pinion seal, but thats about it

 

thats the one that went bad lol so thats good to kno or i would of had to find a new one

 

lol, wow that is not good. lucky its the pinion seal though cause as N20 said, thats about it. just about everything else is going to require a torch

 

No need for u turns and not many parking lots. Just don't wanna tear it up and not be able to wheel it on the weekend

 

ya i got lucky lol and its fun as hell with a welded rear end

 

FWIW this is how I do mine up. I know the welds do not look the prettiest but it was done with a stick welder and its hard to get all the slag out to show the welds.

 

I bought a Detroit locker to save myself from the headache of welding my gears lol.

 

I'm a cheap ***, I ran a welded front with a posi-lok forever until I got sick of breaking the locking collars. Finally upgraded to a Spartan to save $20 over an Aussie. LOL

 

That's how I do mine, with nickle rods. I've seen the other kind break and then it isn't locked anymore. This won't break and if it does it's still locked. It really doesn't add any more weight. Other way has stress on those small welds this way spreads it out over the whole carrier.

 

X2, i trust that much more than i trust 8 spot welds.

besides, if a chunk does break you also take the risk of destroying the ring and pinion if that chunk of broken weld/spider gear gets caught up.

 

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