ha ha bro im just learning... steady hand and good nerves help lol. it will take a few times to get use to the initial spark lol

only if i had REAL time man.... actually if i was going to mass produce, i would do it with Arc or Tig welder. mig is fine, but if im going to be doing it for money, i want an ULTRA strong bond. i mean i have a solid bond now, an Tig weld would allow you to dream about unicorns at night lol

 

tig is nice and precise, but its too slow... (imho.) i mean, a good tig welder can weld 2 razor blades together, but it takes a while. a high power mig can make welding go lightning fast. *this is also in my experience. our mig at school rocks. well so does our tig. and our arc.

 

Understood.. im still learning. yea i like mig's i have yet to use the gas, i wonder how that will be?

 

I'm gonna lock my diff using telepathy and pyrokenetics

-Dave

 

tried it last week..didnt work

 

I only prefer ARC welding with 9~25PSI of argon depending on the ARC voltage and the gauge of steal I'm using. By FAR the welds look clean and professional with no bird looking poo drops.... It is a sun of a ***** that if you don't use enough flux on the tips and you bead weld a lot it can crack, which is the only down side to the ARC. It's just a matter of practice makes perfect...

 

i got you..... i guess ill just stick with powerful mig"s. i have buddies who have had an single diff for 4 years lol with tons of miles on them.


yea i got more practice and laying single beads... its beginning to be alot of fun

 

Excellent write-up. I was going to buy a VLSD but if I can get my hands on a welder, I'm gonna do this instead. I thought that it would be more difficult than that. Thanks!

 

sure thing very easy... if u start early in the day.. you can be out driving it around by say 12pm if you really hustle.. each time i have removed the diff, it only takes about 2 hours or so.

 

Sorry for digging up an old How-To, especially since it is my first post on these forums.




^ See? Vince and I followed your directions and had great success. I just wanted to give a big THANK YOU to Mr. BIGGAMEHIT for the tutorial. Also, thank you to BIG VINNIE, for his welding expertise.

The diff goes in tomorrow, and I'd be happy to give a wee bit of a my first impressions if anyone is interested.

Thanks again, guys.

 

oh.my.god. you sir are a legend i say, A LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

oh.my.god. you sir are a legend i say, A LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SORRY MY MOUS BUTTON JUST BROKE.

 

As you can see though our welding techniques are completely different from each other. Big welds up at the housing and I take a little extra patients grinding and cleaning my welds for a mega hold on the spider gears. everyone's style is a little different. Mine looks more like molten lava, because I allow the bead to run longer, this actually tempers and bonds metals together harder, it should never break..
Donalds pimp weld

My pimp weld

 

what type of welder did you use vinnie?

 

I used the campbell and hausfield flux core welder 89AMP/115volt. It was easier to take over to my friends garage than hooking up for a mig/argon setup.