My "other" Isuzu, well, Honda lol

[PK]

I'm an idiot. I don't understand how that works. It looks like nothing will be able to turn inside the case. How?

That is the idea Bob, nothing inside the spider gears can turn, so the differential function is "locked".
It becomes a straight reduction gear unit and both axle shafts turn at the exact same speed.
You can only do it if you have free wheeling hubs for when you are on the hard surfaces.

Very hard on the drive train when you turn a corner - one tyre has to skid or something breaks, but very effective in mud, or when you have 1 wheel off the ground.

PK

[PK]

[QUOTE=RamAirZ;227610]lol I'm not trying to make it pretty. I can lay down some pretty welds when I need to (and when I'm using gas):
90% of that crap is just spatter, which will be gone when I'm done, but it does remind me of this:




Just yanking your chain my friend.
That will never break.

PK

[RamAirZ]

Ya PK got it. The whole case is what rotates so with the spider gears welded together, both axles will rotate at the same speed and direction as the case at the same time. And thanks PK, I knew you were messing around, but it did look pretty ugly lol. I told Justin if it breaks, I need to quit 4-wheelin

[ZEUS]

Got spare CV shafts yet?

[RamAirZ]

got a couple lol. But honestly it should be easier on the CV's, won't have to worry about one wheel spinning fast and coming down, snap! Plus I plan on leaving one hub unlocked most of the time until I get somewhere I think I'll need it.

[Bob Barker]

I understand the gears moving together, but it looks like it's welded to the housing... must be my eyes not really knowing what's going on in the pics!

[RamAirZ]

It is welded to the housing. Here is a pic of a welded diff installed, maybe it'll help:



See the housing itself could just be a solid block, it's gonna spin with the ring/pinion.

[RamAirZ]

front diff back together:

[ZEUS]

A spool locks things up without the rotating mass:

[RamAirZ]

A spool locks things up without the rotating mass:

Ya, too bad there isn't one for the Isuzu 10-bolt

[Bob Barker]

OOohhhhh, now I see! I just wasn't thinking right looking at what you were welding, it was making me think that you welded the gears to the axle pumpkin... DOH!

[RamAirZ]

LOL ya I figured it was something like that. Thought it'd be clearer when you saw it together. At least i didn't do this:

[Bob Barker]

Hahaha! I've seen that pic before, forget where. It's an all time great fail for sure!

[RamAirZ]

Ya it was done as a joke on Pirate 4x4

[RamAirZ]

Axle back together