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Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 9:06 pm
by georgey
Hey
Got the old navara over at the property and wanted to weld the diff up,im pretty certain its an LSD,can you still weld it up?
Ive heard you cant but then someone said they had done it.
Cheers
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:50 pm
by N2O
Just shim it.
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 4:35 am
by Z()LTAN
Technically it is possible but wouldnt last. Do what n20 said and shim it till it locks up solid.
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:56 am
by WICKED
Z()LTAN wrote:Technically it is possible but wouldnt last. Do what n20 said and shim it till it locks up solid.
I had a welded LSD that lasted long enough too break an axle
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:30 am
by -Scott-
Z()LTAN wrote:Technically it is possible but wouldnt last. Do what n20 said and shim it till it locks up solid.
Why would it not last? What would fail in a welded LSD that wouldn't fail in a welded conventional diff?
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 10:03 am
by hokey
welded heaps of lsds in cars so don't see why you couldn't do it in a 4wd. all about how much access you have to get in there. sometime you will need to split the whole centre apart which sucks
Re: Can you weld an lsd?
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 6:57 pm
by georgey
Ended up pulling the diff plate off and could see the sun gears so i just filled it all up with weld.Took about half hour.
Why waste money on shimming a diff when its just a basher and the shims dont last long.
Thanks for the replies