… made this monstrosity:
Hopefully this one won’t explode on me… again… 
What exactly did you do to your diff? Did you weld it solid?
Yeah, Normally people weld the spyder gears together but I’ve had
one explode on me before and almost crashed because of it. Did
alot of damage so I figure why not weld everything to everything
then stick in a metal plate and weld everything to that. 
Looks dam solid man!
It’s funny the shite we can come up with when were board but not when we need it. :lol:
Anyway, let us know how it works out.
Have a good one.
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Ahhhh I see… Is that Ni rod you are using on the cast iron? Did you do any pre/post heating?
Just curious. It looks like a good job Adam.
Good thing you aren’t paying for all the welding gas and wire you used up… and to be honest thats going to be a pig…
Rotating mass goes up, and I’m positive it isn’t ballanced so when you shear your diff bolts, you’ll have a new problem to deal with…
LOL, thats awesome … but how much extra weight did you add?
That poor diff, it just wanted to slip 
:shock:
How many rods/wire did you use? LMAO
dude if it works for you can we do mine like that?? let me know.
^^^ I don`t think you want it like that man. See how it works first…
A little goes a long way…i guess you`d be twice as carfull if it blew up once already. I doubt it needed all that extra weight though…Hope nothing else is affected by it…
Anywho, it`s not slipping/blowing up anymore. Problem solved :lol:
That’s actually Stainless steel Rod and yes I cooked the diff before
welding it so the extream heat from the TIG welder wouldnt warp it.
I only used 2lbs of 1/32" rod which is $10…
And not even 100lbs of gas… which is under $4…
Rotating mass will not be an issue as all the added
weight (2lbs) is in the center of the Rotating Object.
As for it being balanced, where I welded it at Can-Jam Motorsports they have
a Crank Ballancing Machine in which I ballanced the Diff When Welding it.
Shear which Diff Bolts Off?
this sounds like it will work dude…
i’ll pay you by the hour to do mine like that if it does in fact work out for you, i wont be able to afford a nice LSD till end of summer probably.
That’s actually Stainless steel Rod and yes I cooked the diff before
welding it so the extream heat from the TIG welder wouldnt warp it.
I only used 2lbs of 1/32" rod which is $10…
And not even 100lbs of gas… which is under $4…
Rotating mass will not be an issue as all the added
weight (2lbs) is in the center of the Rotating Object.
As for it being balanced, where I welded it at Can-Jam Motorsports they have
a Crank Ballancing Machine in which I ballanced the Diff When Welding it.
Shear which Diff Bolts Off?[/quote]
Bullshit… are you telling me that diff is ballanced? Please… Prove that to me and I’ll stand corrected…
Rotating doesn’t just apply to where the mass in located…
Mass is an element of centripetal acceleration and rotational motion… Even though location does affect the change to a degree, you just added solid mass to that point, you still have to over come the inertia added through more mass, like wise, it has to slow down, so adding an aluminum driveshaft or something of similar importance really doesn’t have quite the effect that it would without a glob of weld in your diff…
Now it may only be a couple pounds but it certainly doesn’t look like it…
The vibration caused by an unbalanced diff under extreme rpms and load can cause the mouting bolts to shear, or the threads to shear, regardless of whether you torque it to spec or not.
The point is, people weld the spyders only to reduce the percentages that something they do may adversely affect the performance of the stock diff…
Regardless, if it works it works, but that’s not the way to do it…
There you go Adam, a customer…
In reply to TM, I am willing to bet you that Adam knows what he is doing, either he has the spare parts to correct it if it doesn’t work (which I’m sure he does), or, he has a pretty good idea of how it will work out.
I’ve only met him once (albeit a bad day), but I know that he knows his shit.
i guess you havent met TM either?
I know Adam quite well, doesn’t mean we can’t disagree on each other’s methods…
Ok, sorry. I’ll just take a couple of steps back and watch.
I do see good points from both sides.
Right, I love Respective Critisism, It only makes things better.
The one thing though Bob I don’t understand is, is there not more
rotational mass when adding forsay something like heavier rims?
I added 2lbs to my diff but some people add in upwards of 10lbs/wheel.