welds broke!

[Blazin40s]

bought a 14 bolt ff over the summer, when dude dropped it off, told me the welds broke on spiders.  so can i run it broke?  can i put in a mini spool?   puttin axels in next weekend.  so need to know.  wanna run the mini spool.

[old school truck dude]

That probably aint a good idea, to run it broke.. Mite have a piece flyin around in there and it lock up on ya

[Chevy Racer]

More than likely they welded the carrier to the spiders so swap it out for a full spool if you have the funds for it.  or at least get another carrier and put the mini spool in it.  Full spool is by far the strongest.  Don't run it broke, thats just asking to tear something up.

[Blazin40s]

dont have money for full spool.....will rewelding it b ok?

[Blazin40s]

new carrier is also outta price range now......if thats the case ill get a diff axle

[RIP_K52007]

if its working fine drain the oil clean it out good and refil it, if the weld broke its floating around in there somewhere.

[old school truck dude]

dont have money for full spool.....will rewelding it b ok?

Cant see why not, I know I would

[Mudbuster]

the questions nobody has asked are: What exactly broke? How was it welded? and Have you even priced a spool? they are not much more than a mini spool.

[D60KING]

 what gears are in it ? have you seen what is broke yet ?

[Broncoholic]

Weld some 1/2" x 2' grade 8 Bolts into the gutz it will hold up fine

[MidMichiganMudRun]

Contact mudman see how much he would charge you to weld it... He has done three of ours and non of which ever broke again

[hot rod heep]

if interested i have a  14ff  gove lock carrer  als u have to do is  bolt your ring on and set up the  r and p   make me a fair offer   and its yours

[Blazin40s]

I dunno how to set up ring and pinion

[marshall]

if he says the welds broke i assume he means it's no longer a posi, better take the cover off and see what ya got. welding takes a little strength from hardened parts, you might be missing a spider gear...or worse.  hopefully you didnt buy a broken rear-end, and if its welded already forget about a mini-spool. welded is permanent

[Broncoholic]

Re-Weld it & you have a Grande' Spool

[Eroq]

I dunno how to set up ring and pinion

setting up the ring and pinion is EXTREMELY simple in the 14bolt!   Last one i did i got it within  .005" without gear paint or a dial indicator    Finally GM did something right in a rear end, maybe thats why they still use them today and for the last like 40 yrs!

[Blazin40s]

Can't be extremly simple if u never done it before, I've never even pulled a carrier before lol.  Do u gotta pull the shafts out a bit to get it out?

[Blazin40s]

The dude I got it from did give me money off tho.  So he was honest

[Blazin40s]

 to pull shafts outta rear its eight bolts per side at hub area right?

[Eroq]

yup 8 bolts each side,  3/4" size       Keep in mind when y ou pull the shafts, they are different lengths    left and right   

This oughta help!

http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/14b_bible/index.html