Hey man, looks like a solid set up. After a few burnouts though, check the plates that you welded to the box steel, that you welded to the axle. Make sure the ears where the bolts go through aren't moving.
You got it. I think I’m gonna clean up and do a couple more passes on the plate where it welds to the rear diff just to be sure. A triple pass should definitely hold up. When I install the new diff I’m going to do a set of traction bars too
@@StationroadRatrods More important that more passes, would be making at least one full pass all the way around if possible. the the 4 separate weld beads you have now ( 4 side welded) you essentially have 4 cracks already started in your piece, and no amount of passes will stop an already formed crack. It may be solid enough, as is, but potential for cracking is there.
So should I Vee out the corners and do a weld around the corners and then do my three passes? I never start and finish two welds in the same place if that helps, I always weld sort of like laying bricks
@@StationroadRatrods Yeah, get one pass all the way around first, that will help avoid cracking. When welding thicker metal, its always a good idea to chamfer the edges, I usually try to cut back half of the thickness of what ever I'm welding. For example, if im welding 1/4 plate, I'll grind the edge to 1/8, that makes it so more of your join is weld material and not just the bit you get with the penetration.
