TrcksR4ME
1/2 ton status
Part 2, Welding Gov-Lok, couple more 14 bolt Q\'s
First off, I have taken a bunch of pics and will be posting them later /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
So far so good (so what, haha)... Spent the last hour or so welding the Gov-Lok together, and my timing was perfect. Upon looking it over carefully it was clear the thing was non-functional and only an open diff at this point-no good! Pics to come... I was also suprised how well my 135 amp welder did, had it on max heat and never hit the duty cycle. Not sure why so many people complain about 110v welders, except for not being able to weld really thick stuff.
Only problem I ran into is that even after 3 cans of brake cleaner there was still gear oil in some of the parts...so of coarse when it got hot the oil would thin out and spread itself around. Have to say that is the nastiest smelling sh!t when its burning!!! Flux core is bad enough fumes-wise, this was almost too much. But once I moved out into the driveway with a fan to suck the fumes away it wasn't so bad.
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14 bolt questions:
When I reassemble this thing I am worried about getting the ring gear bolts torqued down...think they need to be like 110 ft/lbs (have to check the 14 bolt bible again). When I took it apart I used my weak impact gun, and it got the bolts off okay, but I'm not sure it will get them on tight enough and not sure how I could hold the carrier while trying to torque them with a torque wrench /forums/images/graemlins/1zhelp.gif /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Thats it for not, still have to clean the flux core crap off everything and check the welds. I think it should hold up fine myself /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif But time will tell
First off, I have taken a bunch of pics and will be posting them later /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
So far so good (so what, haha)... Spent the last hour or so welding the Gov-Lok together, and my timing was perfect. Upon looking it over carefully it was clear the thing was non-functional and only an open diff at this point-no good! Pics to come... I was also suprised how well my 135 amp welder did, had it on max heat and never hit the duty cycle. Not sure why so many people complain about 110v welders, except for not being able to weld really thick stuff.
Only problem I ran into is that even after 3 cans of brake cleaner there was still gear oil in some of the parts...so of coarse when it got hot the oil would thin out and spread itself around. Have to say that is the nastiest smelling sh!t when its burning!!! Flux core is bad enough fumes-wise, this was almost too much. But once I moved out into the driveway with a fan to suck the fumes away it wasn't so bad.
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14 bolt questions:
When I reassemble this thing I am worried about getting the ring gear bolts torqued down...think they need to be like 110 ft/lbs (have to check the 14 bolt bible again). When I took it apart I used my weak impact gun, and it got the bolts off okay, but I'm not sure it will get them on tight enough and not sure how I could hold the carrier while trying to torque them with a torque wrench /forums/images/graemlins/1zhelp.gif /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Thats it for not, still have to clean the flux core crap off everything and check the welds. I think it should hold up fine myself /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif But time will tell
