How do I make my diff stronger?

[Phil]

I'll try some more.

 

[Phil]

Couple more.

 

[Phil]

Still more.






Why do photos never do justice to the real thing?

 

[NorCalSam]

Rule #1 You are not to post up things that we can have

 

[lowtideride]

Havnt liked the 100series til now...Nice rig.

 

[concretejungle]

sweet castor plates!!

 

[Tapage]

Why do photos never do justice to the real thing?

take it easey .. all off us know that

 

[actionjackson]

I say tighten your carrier bearing preload like zuk does. If you're gonna wheel it crazy set up your new front diff like he recommends on his site. Bobby Long can cryro your new gear set for around $50. I just did mine and so far no problems. I'm surprised your shafts didn't go first

 

[Letsgomoreplaces]

carrier preload / solid spacer

Solid spacer will surely help. I agree with the carrier bearing preload. It can be set very high without effecting the carrier bearings. Over the past decade I have overseen approx 20,000 diff setups and have yet to see carrier bearings fail in 3rd member with side adjusters due to too much preload. I have seen many bearings fail in Dana axles (many in newer vehicles) as the factory spreads the housing before loading it using machines and often has too much preload (many many jeeps). We use solid spacers in many cases as well, but cost may be prohibitive to ship to AU.

 

[bjowett]

One can also debur and polish all the roots and edges, then shot peen... as emntioned already cryo, high preload, solid spacer.

Heat is also an issue. Make sure there's good lube in there.