blazerz
badnews
that is the same process i used...long time ago....have never had another problem....i didn't even bother to redo the factory plug welds....
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120k miles of street use was just too much
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wasted wages
1 ton status
Daaaaaauuuuummmmm......
I have AAM axles in my dodge dually......
Something tells me I need to quit drifting it around corners in the rain....
I have AAM axles in my dodge dually......
Something tells me I need to quit drifting it around corners in the rain....
454Sub
5/8 ton status
I have never seen an AAM do that. Thats a pretty good axle. But, it coulda been a Friday/Monday axle. Happens to anything that is produced anywhere occasionally. Because the last thing on your mind on them 2 days is what your doing between the hours of 9 to 5.
I saw one in an '06 Dodge that had a loose tube with a little rotation, but not that much!
89yimmiJ
1/2 ton status
My front D60 broke at the plug weld on one side about 1 hour after I finished installing the axle. After looking at it, it looked like it had barely had any weld at all compared to all my others. When i built the replacement 44, i had them reweld the plugs. I was just surprised it had gone 25 years on the road and then broke after i spent bucks on locker, powdercoat, shafts, etc, in an hour.
All I got is...that thing is clean under there! Mines got 300,000 klms on it and is dirty as hell, rusty too.
Freak thing happened there with that axle, fix it and never worry about it again.
Freak thing happened there with that axle, fix it and never worry about it again.
FYI,
Welding the tubes to the centersection can be done IF! it's ductile iron. If it's gray cast iron it can not be done. Gray cast iron is not weldable. It's like powder when it's drilled or machined.
Welding the tubes to the centersection can be done IF! it's ductile iron. If it's gray cast iron it can not be done. Gray cast iron is not weldable. It's like powder when it's drilled or machined.
Cast iron can be welded. Pre-heat, weldment and post heat. Follow these steps and you can weld cast iron.
wasted wages
1 ton status
y5mgisi
1 ton status
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Stomis
Professional Amateur
What you're describing is pot metal. It just blows away when you try to weld it but there isn't a center section under the sun made of that. Its just not strong enough.
If the center section is cast steel like a ford 8.8 is it can be properly welded with some preheat and regular wire. If its cast iron the proper way to do it is to preheat, weld with nickel rod or wire, and post heat to slow down cooling. That is the proper acceptable way. Lots of guys will preheat and weld a two root passes on the opposing materials to try to normalize the affected area when the roots are bridged together. I've done it both ways myself. The second works but its still not right.
If the center section is cast steel like a ford 8.8 is it can be properly welded with some preheat and regular wire. If its cast iron the proper way to do it is to preheat, weld with nickel rod or wire, and post heat to slow down cooling. That is the proper acceptable way. Lots of guys will preheat and weld a two root passes on the opposing materials to try to normalize the affected area when the roots are bridged together. I've done it both ways myself. The second works but its still not right.
girthy bastard
heading to the scrap yard now, gave it to my neighbor (the one that does estate sales
hoping for some more goodies)
heading to the scrap yard now, gave it to my neighbor (the one that does estate sales
hoping for some more goodies)
