Drive shaft pics

[WolfLMM]

This is after I welded it back together. Sorry no pics of it broken.

Upon inspection the factory wekd had poor tie in on the yoke. Well I fixed that

 

[WolfLMM]

Another angle

 

[ecc_33]

hope it holds better this time for ya

 

[JoshH]

Looks good. How did you weld it? Did you weld it with the u-joint in place or did you remove it during welding?

 

[02freighttrain]

Purdy weld'in. That should hold. Did it fracture or did it just look marginal?

 

[turbo-max]

mig,or tig? although it looks to be tig welds to me.

 

[MaxFarmer]

I just wonder how you made sure you had it back square? My luck the weld would pull it off some and it would wobble like hell!

 

[JoshH]

mig,or tig? although it looks to be tig welds to me.

I was thinking it looked an awful lot like TIG welding myself, but I didn't want to make any assumptions. Either way it looks good.

I just hope you didn't melt the seals on the u-joint or burn the grease out if you welded with them installed.

 

[BigWill_21]

It' looks like the factory u-joint!!!

Wolf.. Be sure to change that bad boy, the heat killed th eseals and grease!!!


BTW: Nice burn on those stacked dimes!!! I wish I could lay down beads like that!!!

 

[turbo-max]

i'd be willing to bet the joint never got very warm like you guys might think, nice thing about tig welding....

 

[WolfLMM]

I tig welded it. The joint didnt get hot.

The CMM showed me that I had it square.

 

[WolfLMM]

Purdy weld'in. That should hold. Did it fracture or did it just look marginal?

It broke in half. The factory weld didnt tie in to the yoke at all.

 

[turbo-max]

It broke in half. The factory weld didnt tie in to the yoke at all.

that means the guy that welded it had a short whoo-ya deal (no penatration) :rofl:

 

[JoshH]

I really need more practice with a TIG machine.

I don't want to step on your toes or anything, but did you make sure you got that joint in phase with the other end before you welded it on. I'd just hate to see this cause problems for you in the future.

 

[WolfLMM]

I really need more practice with a TIG machine.

I don't want to step on your toes or anything, but did you make sure you got that joint in phase with the other end before you welded it on. I'd just hate to see this cause problems for you in the future.

Yes sir. Its just like it was only welded better.

 

[WolfLMM]

Damage is more extensive than I thought!!!!

I kept getting drips on the driveway, turns out its trans fluid, the pan is cracked. Time for more welding damnit.

 

[JoshH]

Look at the bright side. At least it's just the pan and not the case.

 

[WolfLMM]

check it

 

[turbo-max]

sweet, more TIG welding.

 

[WolfLMM]

That was tough..trying to penetrate the cracks deep enough but not drip through:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: