welding centers ?

[sam-131]

heres my first go at it

all knobs and buttons to full power and fastest wire speed and just trying to turn it into one metal peace still yet to finish it

i was just gonna weld the 4 or 8 points of were the spider gears meet but i got a bit carryed away

yous rekon it'll hold?

[merc-blue]

thats UGLY.
will hold until somthing else brakes,
i would have tuned the wire speed down a touch and gone for a nicer weld,
Also give the welder a rest regularly maxpower will cause it to warm up as it does it will get less efficent and give you less power

[sidta23]

dont mig weld that diff it wont hold, you need to arc weld it using 29/9 rods at 100 to 120 amps, these are couple of euro per rod but weld will not break, i used these rods when i worked in a stone quarry they were used to weld the machinery when it cracked, 29/9 rods are dissimmilar metal rods & are the biz, best of luck.

[MR 1JZ]

you can weld a diff with whatever you like

we tigged the one in my soarer, migged the one in my laurel and arc'ed the one in my commodore...not one of them broke

and all of them copped an absolute flogging

[merc-blue]

although as soon as you do weld a diff center you lose a part of your soul that you will never get back,
Like your anal virginity but more shameful

[MR 1JZ]

although as soon as you do weld a diff center you lose a part of your soul that you will never get back,
Like your anal virginity but more shameful

errr...yeah...

admittedly the commodore was a road car...but a commodore...so who cares

the other two were full trailer whore track only cars...whats the difference between a spool and a weldy for the track?

[merc-blue]

Track car doesnt matter so much (if its welded properly)
But really who welds a diff for a road car,

[Adash=P]

Yeah shouldn't have any problems. Looks solid.

[thechuckster]

it will be interesting to see the amount of penetration those welds actually have - your first (and only) breakage will tell

Are you going to use the bearings currently in that housing?

wisdom suggests you should warm the cast stuff up before welding - i've even heard of centers being filled with lead, the unit heated up with propane torch and then arc'd up - but other folks find welding cast-iron easy-as... proper fabricators would have better opinion than me.

What current were you welding at? and gas or gasless wire?

[sam-131]

looks crappy but theres heap of penno to a point were it allmost one metal part i was thinking about chucking some steel in the center on the spiders and cuting sick with the weld over it but i've been told it's massively over kill

i gave it a nice warm up with the mapp gas trouch then went trigger happy with it

i am using a mig gas as for the current i dont know all i know is my mate set it up so i havent got a clue it's got more knobs and switchs then anything i've seen it's bigger then me this welder just about

and i carnt be arsed paying 2k for a cusco for the f series right now so the boc center will do for now

[Rinmax]

looks like a good budget upgrade to a track car to me. It may break but then you will know what to do next time.

Lets face it we all learn as we go. I still dont think its going to break for quite a while.

[IN 05 NT]

my last CIG locker last a week, and a WSID street meet...busted on the way HOME from the meet, lol

blake

[bmak]

Next time you do it drop a chuck of steel in the middle and fill it up around it. Heat it up before you start welding and let it cool as slow as possible.
That may hold fine or it may last 5 min you never know that's why I'd be making sure with some more meat in it.

Also make sure the gears are clean before it turns.

[Turdinator]

although as soon as you do weld a diff center you lose a part of your soul that you will never get back,
Like your anal virginity but more shameful

Hurts alot less.


At least i've heard anyway.


Shelldrake told me...


Welded diffs FTW!!!!!

[runs away and hides in shame]

[cambelt]

this wont be a track car , it will be a courier picking up 5m,s in the back seat , on suburben roads , have fun
Dave