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    I don't want to hear about welding your spiders is a bad idea, i know plenty of people personally that have daily driven welded gears and never had a problem.

    In the near future i'll be getting 5.13's with a spool for the rear. But until then i'll be sitting on the stock (what i was told) 3.55's. I know once i finish my swap i'm going to get the itch to go test it out once or twice, and i would at least like to have 1 locked axle(obviously the 60).

    My main concern is doing this with my arc welder. Like i said i see people with welded spiders all the time but most of the time they are using a mig welder. I don't know very much about welding so is this a bad idea or should i just go for it. Worst case scenario my spiders explode and the jeep sits in my driveway with FWD until gears come.

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    slag. case. no no. eberytimg else a go-go.
    "Watching you work on your Jeep is like watching a doctor operate on a cadaver...
    It may be good practice, but in the end it won't do much good." -My Mother.

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    • #3
      Arc welding is actually probably a better idea than a 110 mig. Get a couple of cans of brake cleaner

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      • #4
        36's and 3.55's

        oh wait thats what you have now
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        • #5
          i would assume that the iroks are going to melt with a spool in the rear.

          sam are your wearing fast with a spool?
          "when I'm riding my motorcycle,I'm glad to be alive...when I stop riding my motorcycle,I'm glad to be alive"

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          • #6
            i have driven it like 1000 miles with the iroks (if that)

            its been in and out of brokenness all winter.

            but generally tires melt and i have the turning radius of a school bus

            my tsl's went from full tread to half tread in like a month and half
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            • #7
              corey did this to my 8.25.

              worked good, but i was on 33's.

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              • #8
                Holy shit what a waste of wire, what was I thinking when I used that much wire?

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                • #9
                  holy weld batman.

                  97 TJ that I think is pretty neat.

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                  • #10
                    Shit's built.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DrThunder View Post
                      Holy shit what a waste of wire, what was I thinking when I used that much wire?
                      "i'm going to use a lot of wire"
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                      • #12
                        Hey rockymountain, if you can arc weld MIG is a piece of cake
                        I don't always drink orange juice, but when I do, I prefer to chew it. #madpulp

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ktmracer419 View Post
                          "i'm going to use a lot of wire"
                          - Will


                          Originally posted by fizzy
                          or am asians pants not a read end lol.
                          Originally posted by DizzDizz
                          aliens probed my husband

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                          • #14
                            I'm confident i can weld it, but i'm afraid like fred said about slag now.

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                            • #15
                              Some pretty good tech in this post from Pirate4x4 about welding spiders.....

                              http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showt...welded+spiders

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