Arizona Rock Crawling Daily Driver
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Dr. Suganda is my go to guy, if you want I can refer you
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Haha! As of right now these sliders are reserved for when and if I stretch which is most likely at least a year off.
Haha, as if there's a question.
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The Barnett cover is wore pretty good. I would like to avoid squishing my bolt.
Now you see me.
Now you dont
Now you see me.
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Good lord… that looks insanely good to me. My welds are sporadic, blotchy, lumpy messes.
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Thanks! For the most part they are steadily improving but consistency is always tough
Please teach me something. What is the horizontal piece on the diff cover for?
If you were asking seriously .. what you are looking at is a stock differential cover with a ramped protective part welded onto the bottom part. Protection where you need it without affecting clearance (with track bar etc). Many people run these front and rear.
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I think he was talking about the angled bracket on top of the diff cover. That is there for extra strength on the truss. It provides a mechanical connection from the truss to the housing so that mediocre welders like me can be sure the truss will stay put.
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The housing was just a little worn down on the bottom. The barnett cover hangs down a little lower than the housing (this cover is used but was never on this axle).
I wanted to add a little meat to the bottom of the axle and add a “wear layer” to extend its life. Blaine came up with the idea. I started by cutting some small notches in the housing.
Then bolted a piece of 1/4” aluminum scrap to the housing as a backer
Weld some beads on
Grind it smooth ish. It doesn’t have to look perfect, it’s going to get drug over rocks anyways.
No more lip!
I wanted to add a little meat to the bottom of the axle and add a “wear layer” to extend its life. Blaine came up with the idea. I started by cutting some small notches in the housing.
Weld some beads on
Grind it smooth ish. It doesn’t have to look perfect, it’s going to get drug over rocks anyways.
No more lip!
Great idea! Need to do this on my rear axle, its pretty much shaved at this point
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Hopefully adds some solid life! These welds should be much harder than the cast iron since mig welding on the cast iron pulls carbon into the weld. Blaine’s knowledge there not mine.