Trussing your axles 101

[Stomis]

And no laying it on hot WILL NOT work.

 

[Deuling]

And no laying it on hot WILL NOT work.

Fock im lazy though so ill prolly try it anyways

 

[Smokinthehippies]

It's not tht it won't weld ding dong. It's that the cast will crack and your housing will be worthless.

This is one of those things you don't want to half ass on!

 

[ktmoutfront]

Mine does not touch the cast section.

 

[big dan]

I may get flamed by some of you professional welders (not trying to be a smart@$$ either, I know some of you really are professional or at least really good) but I don't do anything special to cast when I weld to it. I clean it off, grind it down to shiny metal and weld it with a mig welder with 25/75 co2/argon mix. Occasionally Ill have a weld crack when it cools, just grind a v-notch in it and weld it back up.

Ive welded spider gears to carriers, axle tubes to the center sections and hydro ram mounts to the center sections and never had one break. Just have to check all the welds after they have cooled for cracks and fix any that did and I rarely have any crack. Welded up a set of tubes and two ram mounts last weekend and didn't have a single crack.

There are two welding instructors at the school I work at, one of them does it the same way I do and the other swears you have to follow the process, preheat/nickel rod/slow cool down

 

[Stomis]

I may get flamed by some of you professional welders (not trying to be a smart@$$ either, I know some of you really are professional or at least really good) but I don't do anything special to cast when I weld to it. I clean it off, grind it down to shiny metal and weld it with a mig welder with 25/75 co2/argon mix. Occasionally Ill have a weld crack when it cools, just grind a v-notch in it and weld it back up.

Ive welded spider gears to carriers, axle tubes to the center sections and hydro ram mounts to the center sections and never had one break. Just have to check all the welds after they have cooled for cracks and fix any that did and I rarely have any crack. Welded up a set of tubes and two ram mounts last weekend and didn't have a single crack.

There are two welding instructors at the school I work at, one of them does it the same way I do and the other swears you have to follow the process, preheat/nickel rod/slow cool down

Its the same old thing as "You dont need one tons Ive been on 10 bolts with 44s for years and never broken anything"

 

[Russell]

I have nothing to add but this picture of my 9" fabricated housing that I broke last week Trussing would have prevented it.

 

[sponsoredbydad]

I feel your pain brother I guess I'm gona ask why is the yoke pointed up or is that an illusion. Did the whole thing roll forward?

 

[kgblazerfive]

That is new type of front end

KOH fixed it for him

 

[ktmoutfront]

I thought that was a mini deuce and a half.

 

[79rustyk10]

That's why my k10 has occupied the same spot in the weeds for like three years now. If I never beat on it, the thing never breaks.

 

[sreidmx]

Lol wade!

 

[Greg72]

Wow..... A 9" top-loader!

You are a pioneer of new technology.


-G

 

[Deuling]

I have nothing to add but this picture of my 9" fabricated housing that I broke last week Trussing would have prevented it.

You built a vehicle for koh and didn't build axle trusses. I'm ashamed Russ

 

[Russell]

I didn't build this one. We bought it as race ready. The new axle will be trussed C to C in both the vertical and horizontal directions.

 

[sponsoredbydad]

If your gona leave the ground you better truss it.

My original quote stands