# Who wants to weld up my diff for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Canada Nissan Automotive\ **Created:** [June 7, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222 "2005-06-07T23:10:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/1 "2005-06-07T23:10:52Z")
I don’t have access to a welder to do this, so I was wondering if I’d be able to bring the car by someone’s place to give those spiders a little extra metal to make sure they never part. ---
**Author:** ![canadianskyline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@canadianskyline](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/canadianskyline)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/2 "2005-06-08T14:31:23Z")
Finally tired of those one tire fires??? :lol: Although i shouldnt be poking fun at a car that was faster than mine last year at less than a quarter the price… ---
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/3 "2005-06-08T16:21:25Z")
If you can take it out I could TIG weld it at work no problem. But I guess that would only work if the parts can be fit up outside of the car. If you just MIG weld it in the case it won’t be that great of a weld. You need to keep the work piece very clean for MIG welding. Good luck getting it clean enough. Just a tiny bit of gear oil and you’ll have porosity. Plus you’ll have a mess of spatter in your gears/case. I wouldn’t bother doing it unless you can get the parts out of the car. ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/4 "2005-06-08T21:47:57Z")
I may just have to pull it out of the case. I just wish it wasn’t such a bitch to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/5 "2005-06-09T05:45:09Z")
> [@2003specv](#): > > If you can take it out I could TIG weld it at work no problem. But I guess that would only work if the parts can be fit up outside of the car. > > If you just MIG weld it in the case it won’t be that great of a weld. You need to keep the work piece very clean for MIG welding. Good luck getting it clean enough. Just a tiny bit of gear oil and you’ll have porosity. Plus you’ll have a mess of spatter in your gears/case. > > I wouldn’t bother doing it unless you can get the parts out of the car. You will have just as much porosity in a tig weld as in a mig weld if you have gear oil where you are welding. Regardless If you come to Calgary some time, I can do it up for you with tig or mig but I would suggest mig just to keep it simple and get a lot of extra material on the gears. You are going to have fun hoping around corners and sliding in wet weather. ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 9:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/6 "2005-06-09T09:27:48Z")
> [@Jason Lange](#): > > [quote=2003specv]If you can take it out I could TIG weld it at work no problem. But I guess that would only work if the parts can be fit up outside of the car. > > If you just MIG weld it in the case it won’t be that great of a weld. You need to keep the work piece very clean for MIG welding. Good luck getting it clean enough. Just a tiny bit of gear oil and you’ll have porosity. Plus you’ll have a mess of spatter in your gears/case. > > I wouldn’t bother doing it unless you can get the parts out of the car. You will have just as much porosity in a tig weld as in a mig weld if you have gear oil where you are welding. Regardless If you come to Calgary some time, I can do it up for you with tig or mig but I would suggest mig just to keep it simple and get a lot of extra material on the gears. You are going to have fun hoping around corners and sliding in wet weather.[/quote] Well if I pull the carrier from the case I’ll wash it out in varsol. I should just pull the diff on a parts car this weekend and swap that in later. ---
**Author:** ![Invalid\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@Invalid\_Zero](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Invalid_Zero)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/7 "2005-06-09T16:03:58Z")
Read my post again. I recomended removing the carrier from the case because there is no way to clean it in place. > [@Jason Lange](#): > > [quote=2003specv]If you can take it out I could TIG weld it at work no problem. But I guess that would only work if the parts can be fit up outside of the car. > > If you just MIG weld it in the case it won’t be that great of a weld. You need to keep the work piece very clean for MIG welding. Good luck getting it clean enough. Just a tiny bit of gear oil and you’ll have porosity. Plus you’ll have a mess of spatter in your gears/case. > > I wouldn’t bother doing it unless you can get the parts out of the car. You will have just as much porosity in a tig weld as in a mig weld if you have gear oil where you are welding. Regardless If you come to Calgary some time, I can do it up for you with tig or mig but I would suggest mig just to keep it simple and get a lot of extra material on the gears. You are going to have fun hoping around corners and sliding in wet weather.[/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/8 "2005-06-09T18:52:35Z")
And I agreed… :? ---
**Author:** ![1mns13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8491ac/32.png) [@1mns13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1mns13)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/9 "2005-06-09T21:58:49Z")
> [@Chromedragon](#): > > And I agreed… :? Glad to hear, but he was talking to Jason. ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/10 "2005-06-09T22:23:37Z")
True. ---
**Author:** ![Chromedragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ba8739/32.png) [@Chromedragon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Chromedragon)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/11 "2005-06-09T23:29:37Z")
I’m sorry. I can’t read or write. :? ---
**Author:** ![1mns13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/8491ac/32.png) [@1mns13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1mns13)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/12 "2005-06-10T05:42:28Z")
> [@Chromedragon](#): > > I’m sorry. I can’t read or write. :? Oh yes you can, the Journal just has higher standards, than we do. ---
**Author:** ![schurchill39](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@schurchill39](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/schurchill39)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/13 "2005-07-05T15:26:49Z")
Is this safe? I wanted to do this when i first got my car but my friend told me it would be to dangerous and it is very likely to break :? ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Lange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@Jason\_Lange](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jason_Lange)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/14 "2005-07-05T16:30:26Z")
Depends who welds it, It is definatly not for the everyday driver though. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Direction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@New\_Direction](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/New_Direction)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/who-wants-to-weld-up-my-diff-for-me/139222/15 "2005-07-05T17:23:42Z")
> [@schurchill39](#): > > Is this safe? I wanted to do this when i first got my car but my friend told me it would be to dangerous and it is very likely to break :? I’d be scared to. I wouldn’t do it to a car I was driving every day on the street. All though I haven’t done it to a car that was going to last longer than one night