Welded Differentials - AKA - Home made Cheap Locked diffs

A little history for readers. Open Differentials - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differe...hanical_device) Locker, Locked-Diff, Lockers - Locking differential - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Regarding lockers - there is a lot of info in TBhp on where to buy, what spline, what brand, LSD comes up in between, etc etc - end of the day 16000 Indian Rupees (approx for Dana 44, 19 spline richmond lock-right locker) worth of parts (labor approx 2000 Rs per current rates) is what you need to spend to acheive the big edge over other jeeps/gypsies with a open diff. Yesterday, i was searching for brake 'line-lock' (a brake mod 'I' intended for hand brake) - one thing led to another and I ended up in a website called XFaktorNET. Then I ended up in projects--Jeep--GM Diff where I saw this!! Attachment 852790 Attachment 852791 A Similar pic on net. Attachment 852792 This is as ingenious as one can be!! $300 is a lot of dough even for a american dude into offroading - someone invented this idea which is 100% what a Locker is intended to do in the 1st place... More browsing aka RESERCH led to these brilliant vids... How to weld the rear end how to weld a rear end - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=gH4vk0pCgcU How to lock without welding... http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=9EI_JOdGFSI A different technique (small plate) http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=1T54KNwHU0o --------------------- These are some major baaps' of our Jugaad 'things-we-do' in India. I mean, we do a m-seal putty paste-it for a cracked BA10-BorgWarner TCase crack over a rock, even do a lifebuoy soap smear over a broken radiator, use a petticoat thread to tie misc things under the hood, I mean - you get the drift... But seriously, how many of us will pick up a scrap diff carrier, weld the spiders together, run it as a full locker?!! These guys rock!! Hats off to the dude who invented this idea. Let the brick bats begin... :D Attached Images

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