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94Dodge Truggy · 01-29-2009, 11:49 AM

If you have alot of time on your hands and a limited budget a welded rear will do but with high HP and hard core wheeling I have yet to see one survive for a long time. I have had professional welders with military certification, demolition derby friends with good skills and others try and have yet to see a welded diff. hold up to my liking. Just not as reliable. In the past year I have seen these axles fail that were welded. A 2.5 ton rockwell, samurai axle, mazda diff, dana 30, dana 35, dana 44, dana 60 and a 14 bolt. Some may have the technique to weld it up just so to keep it solid but many fail at the attempt. Just my opinion. :)

01-29-2009, 11:49 AM	#11
94Dodge Truggy EX-Vice President Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fairfield, Ohio Posts: 3,048	If you have alot of time on your hands and a limited budget a welded rear will do but with high HP and hard core wheeling I have yet to see one survive for a long time. I have had professional welders with military certification, demolition derby friends with good skills and others try and have yet to see a welded diff. hold up to my liking. Just not as reliable. In the past year I have seen these axles fail that were welded. A 2.5 ton rockwell, samurai axle, mazda diff, dana 30, dana 35, dana 44, dana 60 and a 14 bolt. Some may have the technique to weld it up just so to keep it solid but many fail at the attempt. Just my opinion. :) __________________