14blt ff spiderball

[jekquistk5]

Ok I'll see if I can find some metal to shove in there. Kurt what size metal plate did you use???

That spider was nuked!

Are you saying someone blew that up, or It was soo freaking hot it took 3 days to cool

 

[MTMike]

That spider was nuked!

Nice work! The Orkin man would be proud

 

[OffRoad]

instead of asking "should i weld it more?" why not ask "why shouldn't i weld it more?"

i'm taking steel fabrication and i wouldn't let that out of the shop. those are just big tacks to me. the spaces at the top and bottom where the spiders are touching the ring gears -- fill them.

find a piece of ~1/8 (more or less) in the scrap bin and cut it to fit between the spiders like cybrfire showed pics of. fill those too.

i *personally* would NOT run what you've posted.

it's like an hour of 2 of your time and maybe 20-30 bucks of welding rod. that's a good deal to never have to worry about your diff again.

like one of the other posters said -- if i welded a diff it would be a pile of weld that would just get ground down to fit in.

get out the welder and give 'er!

 

[chopped&bobbed77burb]

That spider was nuked!

That's the same thing I did with my 14 bolt AND after I bolted the carrier back together I welded the the spiders to the carrier through the 4 little window on each side . It sure eat's the rear tires though .

 

[jekquistk5]

instead of asking "should i weld it more?" why not ask "why shouldn't i weld it more?"

i'm taking steel fabrication and i wouldn't let that out of the shop. those are just big tacks to me. the spaces at the top and bottom where the spiders are touching the ring gears -- fill them.

find a piece of ~1/8 (more or less) in the scrap bin and cut it to fit between the spiders like cybrfire showed pics of. fill those too.

i *personally* would NOT run what you've posted.

it's like an hour of 2 of your time and maybe 20-30 bucks of welding rod. that's a good deal to never have to worry about your diff again.

like one of the other posters said -- if i welded a diff it would be a pile of weld that would just get ground down to fit in.

get out the welder and give 'er!

My original question was do I need more.. and pretty much everyone says make it a softball.. I was just going off of what kidjethro had. but through imput from everyone here, I have come to the conclusion that its better to overweld then to underweld. So as soon as I get a free hour or two I'll be setting up the welder out back of my appt and making the neighbors angry Thanks guys I really appreciate it but until mike, and kurt posted up I really didn't know where else to fill. Sorry but now I know

 

[cybrfire]

My original question was do I need more.. and pretty much everyone says make it a softball.. I was just going off of what kidjethro had. but through imput from everyone here, I have come to the conclusion that its better to overweld then to underweld. So as soon as I get a free hour or two I'll be setting up the welder out back of my appt and making the neighbors angry Thanks guys I really appreciate it but until mike, and kurt posted up I really didn't know where else to fill. Sorry but now I know

Hey, its all good! Only way to know is to ask. The piece I dropped in to fill was 1/4" thick. Seemed to work well. Thick enough not to just blow away but thin enough it didn't stick up too high. Try to keep your welds low as to not create problems reassembling the carrier.

Good luck and burn away!

 

[OffRoad]

yeah man, sorry if i sounded like i was jumping all over you. it's cool.

you're gonna LOVE the extra traction off road!

 

[jekquistk5]

I know you guys are just looking out for me so its all good.. I have alot of 1/8" steel plate, if I double it do you think that will work??