Welded diff for the BMW e36✔️

[laytonhalsey]

After owning 3 bmw’s I’ve realized the happiest Ive been is when I stopped owning BMWs

[Jake-ifzn]

A little tip, just welding a hardened gear is not going to last. But if you pre-heat the gear, your weld will have better penetration thus being a stronger weld

[masterchief]

Every time I see her working on her car she’s always doing something different. Honestly, I’m not just impressed I’m also really happy because cars can become tedious to work on especially when putting in the work so my hats off to ya.

[jacobg]

Typically when you do this you'd want to cut a square piece of metal that touches all three of the spider gears and then weld it in place. It's a lot stronger than just welding the gears to eachother at the contact points, which means you're less likely to have the welds break and trash the whole carrier.

[KekeeBlack]

Anyone watching this: MAKE SURE you use non-chlorinated brake cleaner before welding or heating anything!!! You can die if it is chlorinated.

[Jpilgrim]

It’s important to stress NON-CHLORINATED brake cleaner anytime you’ll be welding on something. One tiny whiff of vaporized chlorinated brake cleaner could send you into organ failure, permanent brain damage, or instant death.

[Niko-xzlk]

For the people wondering, a welded differential isn't the same as a limited slip differential (LSD). A little slip helps in most scenarios, including track driving. A welded diff is a locked diff, and is really only suited to drifting or rallying. LSD is the best way for most vehicles, especially powerful RWD cars. If you don't have a LSD on a powerful RWD car, you get too much wheelspin and it's not easy to put the power down effectively. Without any slip (locked diff) it's too easy to lose the back end and find yourself facing the wrong way, especially in the wet.

[danielbrealey]

They're called "spider gears"... You guys should have heated the carrier unit with an oxy torch, get it full cherry red and THEN hit it with the mig welder. You get a much deeper penetration... And it should have got a lot more welding than what you have done- this one COULD possibly fail... Done a few over the years as a mechanic

[rafa_vsky]

And now i know why the rear weels on my RC turns to diferent sides when stoped.

[theodorsonfors]

If I used 3 cans my boss would beat me up lol

[marcauwu]

For anyone wishing to weld their diff use plates when welding it, simply welding the teeth leads to a very short lifespan and poor strength of the diff after welding it bc there’s nothing reinforcing the welds so too much stress can break said teeth and ruin your diff.

[mofokillspubgm]

That was literally the best way i learned what was a welded diff. Thank you. No one is doing this honestly they just use the famous terms and dont explain much that is this easy.

[LSFord]

Ok I know you used non-chlorinated brake clean and that’s good but you’re better off just not using it at all when welding. Use degreaser from a spray bottle or anything really then use acetone to get rid of the rest. It works just as well and won’t kill you if you accidentally use the wrong can lol

[shhhdontshout]

I love how most of the thing that she open always ready cleaned, dry, no oil, no mess, what a lucky lady!

[LansingR]

Jeggs sells a locking diff kit that replaces the gears in the differential rather then welding a plate on, same effect just a lot better and probably won’t break down

[diegom.]

You need to add metal plates between the spaces in the spider gears to reduce the chance of the gears breaking loose

[staple_boi]

I like the clip editing clean and smooth.🔥🔥🔥

[tompage]

That's dope you could also make plates to weld onto the spider gears to make it even stronger but that's more effort haha

[eb]

I'm glad she said that she used NON-chlorinated brake cleaner before welding. If you used chlorinated brake cleaner before welding, if it hasn't dried fully somewhere in there, you could create phosgene gas (which is mustard gas from WWI.) by welding. One whiff could end things real quick for you.

[dipgrizzly]

3 cans of brake cleaner?!😅 That room was explosive for a minute😁