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Haywood · 08-15-2007, 06:54 PM

Jeff brought up another good point. Axle tubes do need alot of attention. I welded mine with a wire feed welder and thought it would be ok. But it failed. I had a shop replace welds with nickel rod i believe and have not had a problem. Definitly do something proper with the tubes. Brace and or weld. Its better to do it when everything is straight and not messed up by improper welding like i did. A hooking car using a transbrake will tear up a 12 bolt. GUARANTEED.
Jeff

08-15-2007, 06:54 PM	#4
Haywood Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 21 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 12 bolt gear breaking problems.... Jeff brought up another good point. Axle tubes do need alot of attention. I welded mine with a wire feed welder and thought it would be ok. But it failed. I had a shop replace welds with nickel rod i believe and have not had a problem. Definitly do something proper with the tubes. Brace and or weld. Its better to do it when everything is straight and not messed up by improper welding like i did. A hooking car using a transbrake will tear up a 12 bolt. GUARANTEED. Jeff