JB-weld a carrier?


Surrey

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Okay I know this sounds rediculous, but there is some thought behind it.

I was wondering if using JB weld on a carrier would hold up? The heating from normal welding messes with the metallurgy of the hardened steel components, so I was thinking JB weld would avoid that... But is it strong enough? And would it hold up being in gear oil? Can't say I have any interest in my shit coming apart... It was just a thought that crossed my mind.

Thanks.
 
JB Locker? Sounds interesting but I have my doubts to it working. I think it would let loose from the gears and you'd have a mess in there.
 
Just no.....weld it if you want a spool on the cheap.
 
JB weld is not as strong as you think.. its very easily chipped away with a screw driver.

its very brittle and would never hold up
 
gwaii said:
that's because it is.



sorry,man.
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Hahaha okay. I didn't think it would work, but thought I would toss the idea out there.
I dont have much experience with using JB weld, so I really dont know what it will/wont do, but I can't say I had much hope for it in this manner.
 
My buddy stripped a 79 D44 fullwidth out of an f150, the front carrier was completely filled with lead. The guy used the truck to plow snow with and wanted cheap traction apparently....
 
^Damn. That's so stupid. First off, why lead, second off, why not just weld it?
 
Surrey said:
Okay I know this sounds rediculous, but there is some thought behind it.

I was wondering if using JB weld on a carrier would hold up? The heating from normal welding messes with the metallurgy of the hardened steel components, so I was thinking JB weld would avoid that... But is it strong enough? And would it hold up being in gear oil? Can't say I have any interest in my shit coming apart... It was just a thought that crossed my mind.

Thanks.
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"Hardened Steel"? where?

the spider gears are made of powdered metal (Cast) as is the carrier itself.

the issue for welding is getting it to stick...

AD
 
Yea, I dunno. Soft enough to have some give I guess....wouldn't break shafts maybe.

The lead was pretty chewed up from the spiders trying to rotate.
 
Clean clean clean and lots of heat.
 
RollinWOT said:
^Damn. That's so stupid. First off, why lead, second off, why not just weld it?
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it's actually not that odd.back in the day welding wasn't as cheap and accessible as it is today.and lead was much easier to come by than now.it can be melted over a mild fire by any farmer with a metal bucket,and poured into the carrier.it probably did the job for many years before it started to tear up.

hell,you go back a few more years and this is how bearings were done...a lead alloy called babbit was cast right onto the rod and shaved to fit the crank.
 
Yeah I'm quite familiar with babbit >:C... Anyway, I just don't think that I would trust lead or JB. Just too brittle and just not substanital enough. I would go for the whole spool or just sink a couple welding rods into it.
 
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