cracked this wheeling on the weekend. Thoughs....
guess easiest fix is cut, replace then strenghten and brace all mounts on diff
oh and replace with rubber bushes
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| Author: | djed [ Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff. |
cracked this wheeling on the weekend. Thoughs.... guess easiest fix is cut, replace then strenghten and brace all mounts on diff oh and replace with rubber bushes
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| Author: | want33s [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 6:50 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
Don't make the repair too strong or next time it goes (yes it will break again), it will leave a big hole in the axle tube. |
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| Author: | djed [ Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
so i am guessing the diff housing metal is just as weak/thin as the brackets. Is it possible to spread the load of where the brackets mount across a larger section of the diff somehow to prevent the whole diff ripping? or maybe diff bracing |
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| Author: | redrocketsj50 [ Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:58 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
The diff will be fine. This happened to mine . I got some 5 mm plate and got it laser cut and welded new mounts on for both sides . That was 4 months ago and I haven't had a problem since |
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| Author: | djed [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 11:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
Ended up getting 2stroker to fix the tear on the diff brackets. He welded up the torn (or tear-ed) bracket on the driver’s side (pic above) and a small crack that had started on the passenger side (Probably as a result of the damaged driver’s side). He added a small gusset to the outer side of each side's bracket (2 total). He did this as a opposed to laminating the bracket as he though the original damage was caused from a lateral force and gussets would be a better fix. Plus got him to press in some new rubber bushes that I got off ebay. Hoping rubber will put a little bit less load on the diff bracket and will give a little bit more flex compared to the poly bushes. $200 all up for the work by 2stoker. pretty happy with the end result. Will keep you posted how it holds up after some wheeling 
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
That came up well |
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| Author: | TZAR [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
djed wrote: He welded up the teared bracket on the driver’s side Was it an emo Bracket???? all teary and crying??? or was it torn??? |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff. |
 Lol
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| Author: | BlueSuzy [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:34 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff |
TZAR wrote: djed wrote: He welded up the teared bracket on the driver’s side Was it an emo Bracket???? all teary and crying??? or was it torn??? They are normally painted black and don't ask about the owners |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 6:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff. |
Have u heard about the new grass trend. Emo grass It cuts it self |
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| Author: | djed [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff. |
haha yeah that is probably bad english. teared, replaced with torn in above post |
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| Author: | KEENSY85 [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cracked SJ80 rear radius arm mounts on diff. |
Better than most My post. looks awsome thou |
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