welding front diff
 

On my 83 Toyota I am rebuilding my front axle knuckles I have my axles out so I was going to pull my carrier out and weld my front diff will I need to remove the ring gear to weld the spider gears and if I remove the ring gear will that change any of my preload or backlash.

Yes you will have to reset the backlash and bearing preload. Leave it open till you can afford at least a lunch box locker IMO.

why not weld it cost almost nothing and this thing is never on the road

Weld it up then

You do not have to pull the carrier/ring gear to weld the diff.


If your going to be wheeling it, the best way to weld the diff is to crank the heat up and weld the spider gears TO the carrier, as well as each other. Or if you dont want to weld to the carrier, cut 2 plates and weld them into the spider gears like below. Try not to cook the bearing too much. You can wrap tinfoil around the ringgear and shove some down into the pinon gear to stop weld splatter from getting on the gears.

(I found both of these pictures on google, not mine)

With plate:
Attachment 121552

A little ugly, but heres welded to the carrier

https://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/atta...f-100_0705.jpg

that's what I wanted to see if I could even get the welder in there

give the search function a try sometime