Anybody with welded diff's in SoCal?
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I believe he is on these fourms and I'm pretty sure he had one of his buddies do it. I was just looking for a shop. I might end up going to a 4x4 place, unless someone chimes in.
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anyways heres my pricing
$125 welding the spiders only(you remove your own diff and bring it to me)
$325 the whole shabang(bring in your car and we do everything.)
keep in mind you get full synthetic diff fluid (royal purple or Kaaz 90w)
and say your driving on the freeway at 65mph and teh welds on your lsd break and your rear end locks up and you go flying into a mini van full of kids....
becareful who you trust your life too. goes for roll cages and diffs and any custom work.
good luck
oh i jam small bolts where the spiders touch and melt those succer in that way if the welds break(which they wont your axles will first) the bolts willl keep that sucker locked
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i had my 240sx diff welded from a known guy on zilvia for 40bucks. hes the source for socal 240sx welded diff. i had his welded diff for almost 2 years, most have been street use and few track use. held up great, absolutely no problems with it, besides veryy fast tire wear just from makinig simple turns and sqeeches which is all common with welded diffs. heres his quote.
Originally Posted by Flybert
Just letting you know that I do welded diffs in socal. We can meet up and I can weld the guts for you for $40. My dad does the welding. He is a welder for department of water and power of los angeles and has 25 years of welding experience by profession. We've done about 10 diffs and none have broken. Papershot, sochbat, aspecproducts all run my diff so you can ask any of them about their experience. Let me know because sending your diff to norcal seems like a ripoff. Pretty much I'm the socal source for welded diffs and I do all my business by reference so let any of your friends know. I prefer to weld the guts and let you do install by i can do installations for $40 more. I'm located in whittier and can meet anywhere around OC/LA and even SD because I go down there on occasion.
-Chris
Originally Posted by Flybert
Just letting you know that I do welded diffs in socal. We can meet up and I can weld the guts for you for $40. My dad does the welding. He is a welder for department of water and power of los angeles and has 25 years of welding experience by profession. We've done about 10 diffs and none have broken. Papershot, sochbat, aspecproducts all run my diff so you can ask any of them about their experience. Let me know because sending your diff to norcal seems like a ripoff. Pretty much I'm the socal source for welded diffs and I do all my business by reference so let any of your friends know. I prefer to weld the guts and let you do install by i can do installations for $40 more. I'm located in whittier and can meet anywhere around OC/LA and even SD because I go down there on occasion.
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ive seen his work and the welds are solid and great ive driven a few 240's with his welds as well. repped.
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i had replace 2 hub bearing on the left side within 1 year for some reason, it could be welded diff related because whenever i make the u turn, the left tire takes a beating, but not really sure of the reason. i always heard of axles snapping, but that was more common on FC and S2000s. havent heard any axles breaking on 240s and SCs.
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nothing has really gone wrong beside the problem i mention above. only major problem i had was insane tire wear and noise. i had soild subframe bushing on my car and that thing was noisey, sounded like something was broken when ever i turn. its a ***** to drive at low speed because your tires are fighting back trying to grip the road. but overall its better then an open diff, keeps you sideways hahah.
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Things like uneven bearing/tire wear might be common since you will have the most primitive form of LSD, other than those few maintenance issues you should be able to get use to driving with a welded diff and do it safely.
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i couldnt have said it better if it helps i run teh rear tires at a slightly higher psi i find it to slip more easily for daily driving.