Thread: Welding up a limited slip diff.

I know you are going to Jag hell for your project... and I am probably going to LR hell for suggesting this: How close is the Salisbury to Jag? They are both Dana 44 designs, weld up an open salisbury center instead of fooling around with the LSD.

what is the ultimate use of the Jag. If it is intended for public road use, then it may not be legal. ?

Yes, just weld the coupling/cones/side gears to the carrier, don't be shy on the weld

Its not that easy on a LSD, you might have to cut a hole in the carrier to get access to poke the electrode in there. Probably not worth it for all the work involved.

but then again if its a dirt track

you need to weld side gear 34 to spider gear 33
or even the spider gear to the carrier will work

Not a 100% sure but weld all the spider gears together. Thats what you would normally do in a CIG locker anyway. Dont spare the weld.

Or the other way to do it is fill the lot will lead. Knowns as LEAD locker.

Used both in my younger dirt track days. Betfore going to a Quick change diff.

Good luck as I know you dont have much time before DDay

Gary

Or you could stick it in a boat, motor out into deep water and toss it overboard, that's known as a DAVEY JONES' LOCKER.

Then go and buy one that works...


Using Capitals, the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse or helping your uncle jack off a horse...

Instead of just welding it together to join the bits (we used to break a lot) try this. hard face one face of the gears and then rotate the diff back against the weld and hard face the other side. This gives you a nice hard strong surface for each gear to ride against. Then just keep building the hard face until it's filled. Then cover the outsides of the gears around the circumference with a joining fillet, even if the first layer is at a high amperage and melts into the gears drop it a bit for the next layers to build back up.

Once I started doing it this way we never looked back.

Originally Posted by pop058

what is the ultimate use of the Jag. If it is intended for public road use, then it may not be legal. ?

Jag in the demo derby.