[Fot] Welded Diff & Chuck Gee

[riverside]

My experience is similar.   We first tried welding gears together,
but the welds cracked and made some debris.   Then we
just filled enough low spots to minimize rotation.  still
had a little debris from drain to drain.  Never harmed bearings
or seals.

art de armond

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William G Rosenbach" <wgrosenbach at juno.com>
To: <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Welded Diff & Chuck Gee


> Dennis,
> How about TIG weld filling some of the spider gear teeth, preventing them
> rotating and effectively locking the unit. If needed, you can refit
> standard spider gears to return original function. Uses a lot less energy
> to accomplish, as well. There are some applications available (not TR)
> that you can buy spider gears that have not had all their teeth machined.
> There is a little backlash slop going this way but I've never had the
> opportunity to verify what, if anything is getting beaten up by that
> slop, or if it is protective of other parts.
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:38:51 -0700 (PDT) Dennis DeLap
> <yellow-green at sbcglobal.net> writes:
>> Amici -  I am going to try my hand at welding up a diff.
>>
>> Any tips?
>> Thanks
>> Dennis DeLap
>>
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