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Old 02-17-2013, 05:11 PM
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Would it be better for me to get a Lincoln 100 and just weld with flux? Then possibly get the gas conversion later on? Or would it be better to go with a gas welder right off the bat? If so, does anyone have any good gas welder recommends?
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Would it be better for me to get a Lincoln 100 and just weld with flux? Then possibly get the gas conversion later on? Or would it be better to go with a gas welder right off the bat? If so, does anyone have any good gas welder recommends?
You can start out with the flux core. And go gas later. Either way a lincoln wow jist realised I have been spelling it wrong this whole time. Lol.
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What are the real benefits to the 29 spline 8.25? Why is it worth the trouble of swapping? A kind of when was the last time you saw one break because it was 27.
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I twisted the splines of my 27.
I didnt twist the 29s

You can just swap shafts and carrier. You dont need to swap the entire axle.

You might just be able to swap spiders and shafts...... not 100% on that tho
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At work I use flux core with gas
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At work I use flux core with gas
You just have gas.
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I think i'm gonna take my hitch off, it's rusted out on the bottom and i don't even have a lighting plugin for it.
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I think i'm gonna take my hitch off, it's rusted out on the bottom and i don't even have a lighting plugin for it.
That's more of a statement, than a question. lol
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I think i'm gonna take my hitch off, it's rusted out on the bottom and i don't even have a lighting plugin for it.
I'd keep it on, i hit mine on the trails all the time it really saves my bumper! Mines rusty as well, I just sanded it down and painted it black. Looks brand new.
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Yeah but if it's gone, I'll have more clearance.... Then again it did save the Jeeps *** in a wreck 2 years ago.
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Yeah but if it's gone, I'll have more clearance.... Then again it did save the Jeeps *** in a wreck 2 years ago.
Having it when you need it is better than having Clearance when you don't need it IMO you can still go every place with the hitch on you just might hit it. Still up to you, I tried taking mine off one time for some reason I don't even know why lol but it was so rusted I couldn't even get the first bolt off. So I said screw it and left it on lol.
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Also it'll protect my tailpipe lol.
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Also it'll protect my tailpipe lol.
Haha yeah, that's a good way at looking at it. When I got my new exhaust put on I had him drop it just before the axle so I wouldn't have to deal with hitting it in the back.
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I'm gonna cut it a few inches short and put a chrome tip on it just to be fancy.
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I'm gonna cut it a few inches short and put a chrome tip on it just to be fancy.
That's what I did with mine, chrome tip fell off on the highway! Lol
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