Welding differential spider gears and the preffered technique?

[carchameleon]

i welded my d35 on my ranger, and it works nicely.
do you have manual hubs?
if not its worth the investment, i have them and its nice not to worry about the auto locking hubs.

[smichaelR22]

after having some splatter problems and ending up tearing troys D30 apart even with gears sprayed with anti splatter, when i welded up my 60 the other night i stuffed the carrier and wrapped the ring gear with wet rags.  worked very weld.  

I have a 2\" ram (soon to be 2.5\") turning my wheels so it doesnt really care.

[MrMindless]

I wrapped my gears with a few layers of aluminum foil, that did the trick for me.

[smichaelR22]

i have seen that trick when welding bungs to DOM with Heims threaded in.  i wasnt sure i was crazy about that and left my joints out.  I skimmed and didnt read if the authors intent was to sheld splatter or pull heat away...

[MrMindless]

Al foil doesn\'t have much mass to pull the heat away.....

[smichaelR22]

...coarsly the reason i was scratching my head


(no i wont spew heat transfer or transport phenomena at you)