Drivetrain welding axle tubes

[Exile]

exactly... i actually dont know of any rears that have inner seals

Sure there are some out there with inner axle seals.

http://media.beta.photobucket.com/user/66Runt/media/Scout Comanche/Removing_seal.jpg.html?filters[term]=inner axle seal&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=8

 

[Mustang5L5]

back to the subject.

Yes, you can weld the tubes, but I've often seen pro shops use a jig that aligns the tubes with each other prior to welding. I'm not even sure if the tubes are colinear with each other or if there is a slight degree of negative toe in the axle. These are questions that you really need to find out the answer for before you weld.

Welding a hollow tube can be tricky, because even if you hold it in place with a jig, it can still distort. I do it all the time on a smaller scale and even after releasing the part it sometimes flexes toward a particular direction.

Do you need to weld the axle?

 

[MikeH686]

I probably will with a 347 turbo setup

 

[TOOLOW91]

I am a heavy diesel equip mechanic , buses mainly and i have yet to see an inner seal thats why i was boggled by this

 

[gearheadboy]

Im working on it! lol

I have done 8.8 rear end swaps in my mustang, but I have never actually replaced the inner axle seals in any of my 8.8 rear ends. Do the 8.8 rear ends not have inner axle seals like a lot of other rear ends do?

*Edit* - Guess not... Learn something new everyday...

I've never seen a rear axle with inner seals LOL. In a straight front axle 4x4 truck maybe. Your axle seals will leak at the drum/rotor. If you run a slick or a drag radial you run the risk of the tube spinning in the center section. It happens. Can you weld it? YES. Should you weld it? If you make enough power I would.

 

[65ShelbyClone]

Sure there are some out there with inner axle seals.

http://media.beta.photobucket.com/user/66Runt/media/Scout Comanche/Removing_seal.jpg.html?filters[term]=inner axle seal&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=8

That's what ruined International's passenger vehicle business.

 

[gearheadboy]

That's what ruined International's passenger vehicle business.

It is a front axle if you look at the other pics.

 

[Noobz347]

exactly... i actually dont know of any rears that have inner seals

...and srtthis and looked at the rear ends of a LOT of racers. Look at his CT for cryin' out loud.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Why would you need inner seals? The diff fluid is free to slosh around in either axle tube all the way the outer bearings and seals


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[MikeH686]

Yeah if you have these so called inner seals what would you need outers for?

 

[gearheadboy]

One reason you don't have inner seals is because you want the lube to get to the bearing at the end of the tube. On a front straight axle in a 4x4 you have inner seals and a dry tube because the outer bearing is contained in the hub and is grease packed.

 

[MikeH686]

Right i understand that lol

 

[rd]

Some Jeeps, in the 1943 era and later have inner axle seals.

That said, I solved the above dilema by simply putting a number of welds spaced around the tubes on my axle. The center section is cast steel so it should weld ok with mig or flux core. Not sure if I needed it yet, but the axle was out and accessible.