Had anyone ever welded there spider gears, so both wheels turn and not one? if so any complatitions other then not as good at turning? thinking about doing it to mine buggy because I get stuck on mud and ice alot.

Thanks

Welcome to the site...Newfoundland huh, wow I imagine you gets lots of ice and mud there.

Welded spider gears are generally known as ticking time bombs waiting to explode. What savvy people do here is install a turning brake, so you can load the other wheel to transfer power to the wheel on better ground.

lincoln locker... you probably wont be able to turn it at all, the front end is really light, and on pavement it will be worse, probably break the trans.

Hey,
How ya gettin on in the Trinity Bay area?
Maybe we could get together sometime when I am in the area.
Nice machine.
I'se da B'y Fixin da Bug.
DD

Ya I don't think I'm going at it, could do alot of damage.

What a small world, who figured I would see someone on here that comes here every now and then, eh by. you originally from the island?
and when ya said "I'se da B'y Fixin da Bug." I cracked up laughing..lol

Thought you would get a kick out of that!!
I actually visit "The Rock" quit frequently. Got "Screeched In" 8 years ago.
I have made some good friends. When I come up the first thing I hear is,
" How long ya home for, my son? " Most of the folks that I know live north of you. Pools Island. I have traveled most everywhere there is a road, including across Labrador.
Hope we get to meet someday.
DD

Dont, how would I go about installing a turning brake along with my foot peddle on the floor?

A Turning Brake is two hand operated master cylinders that are tied into the brake hydraulic system. A permanantly locked diff is best done with a spool and is only good for straight line racing. Quaiffe makes a torque sensing diff for a T-1. Best place to mouint it is to the right of the shifter.

Perrib, nice diff, but way too pricey for me at about $1900 Quaife applications.

Too bad they don't build them for Nissan Xterra's, but still price would be the issue, but not so much considering the price of ARB lockers and associated gear.

He is in Canada I bet it is 20% cheaper there. When you need the front diff to lock that is priceless.

I worked it out to be around 1300.00$ Canadian without tax for me, still way too much for my budget.

Money no problem. Just buy a failed US bank and get a couple of billion of stimulis money, loan it to the offroad reasearch and developement corporation I will start. Then you can participate in the destruction product testing I have come up with.

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Dont, how would I go about installing a turning brake along with my foot peddle on the floor?

Here is a more reasonable alternative: www.chircoestore.com/c...mj87b4l8p6

The short version is to plumb it into your rear brake line from the master cylinder on it's way to the rear brakes. Then run 2 individual lines from the turning brake to the rear brakes.

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Then you can participate in the destruction product testing I have come up with.

Hey I want in on that! LOL

By the look of some info I have here, did some vw's come stock with LSD?