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strengthing front diff housing

Post by MissDrew »

Sick of bending front diffs.
Hilux is getting 80 series diffs next year.
For now I have to put another hilux one in and don't want this one to bend.
Whats the best way to brace it?
Have what I am thinking of in red. Blank pic for other ideas.

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Post by simkell »

Hey guts what way is the diff bending, up, or back?
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Post by Jam-Pony »

Mine are braced similar to the way you have in your photo except with the main bracing on the bottom of the housing not the top. Mine also have some bracing off the short side of the pumpkin as well.

I would do a photo edit but i don't have Photoshop on this computer. Sorry.

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Post by MissDrew »

I don't want anything under the diff, I love having diff clearance ;)

They bend into a smiley face :D

I know most of the reason why they bend is because my suspension is setup for slow flexy driving and since the V8 I've sort of been doing fast driving :lol:
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Post by Webbie »

Dave laminate the bottom as well and only stitch weld it so it will still flex but not bend :idea: l thought you said you were too lazy hey :finger: ;)
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Webbie wrote:Dave laminate the bottom as well and only stitch weld it so it will still flex but not bend :idea: l thought you said you were too lazy hey :finger: ;)
Yeah I am but doing some welding to it while its a bare housing is easier then changing another one :roll:
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Post by simkell »

If you don't want to go underneath, why not across the front as well. so,e nice flat bar and while your at a pumpkin protector.
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Post by me3@neuralfibre.com »

For the uneducated, what is bending them? Impact, power, suspension twist?

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Well they don't bend while there is no weight on them :D
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Post by ausyota »

Your pic looks like the go I reckon Guts.
That is what I have done to my front diff.
Also a good time to give it a shave and weld up the steering stops solid.
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Post by MissDrew »

ausyota wrote: Also a good time to give it a shave and weld up the steering stops solid.
Read Webbies post about being lazy :finger:
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Post by Cheezy4x4 »

Hay I got a bare Lux diff already done at work. Has been done for a while and is as your pic. :finger:
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Post by chunderlicious »

thats what i did to my GQ diff, except for my lux one, ill be doing a brace like siclux (who owns the tough tracks lux) did to his rear diff. goes on the front of the diff like a diff gaurd aswell, stop bending anyway that it wants too.
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Post by MissDrew »

Cheezy4x4 wrote:Hay I got a bare Lux diff already done at work. Has been done for a while and is as your pic. :finger:
LOL forgot about that one. Put it with all the buggy bits and ring me when I need to come for a drive with a trailer :armsup:
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Post by bushy555 »

Saw that superior engineering in brisbane are doing/selling strengthing kits for various diffs now. Ad was in Aus 4x4 monthly.
Emailed bloke for a GU diff, and replied $80.00 for one diff for bits to send and weld on. In my opinion that be cheaper than buggerising around finding decent scrap to cut and grind away making up bracketry. Although saying that, is gonna depend on if it is 1mm plate or something half decent like 4 or 5mm plate isn't it....


Just trying to check now for Hilux and 80 series, but site http://www.superiorengineering.com.au/ is down. Was up the other day.
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