Al, I removed the exhaust and the rear diff, then hired a local guy to come
over and weld it. If you have everything ready to go for the welder, then it
should be about an hour to fix the crack and weld the gussets, two hours tops.
If your comfortable removing the diff (straightforward to remove by undoing
the half shafts and drive shaft bolts using two 9/16 wrenches, then removing
the 4 nuts holding the diff in place), then I think in the end its cheaper to
pay the welder to come over, but his road charges will offset the cost of
bringing it to a shop and having him do the whole job. YMMV. Removing the
exhaust system from the center on back is optional, but I usually do it cause
it makes life easier for me and probably the welder too.
John - 76 TR6
Al wrote:>
I have a cracked front right differential mounting bracket ( NOT the
forward cross -member). I ran my finger on the upper side of the bracket
and it's cracked on the outboard side.
I have a local British mechanic who has experience in repairs but I'm
wondering if any of you on the list has ever tackled this job and how
labor intensive is it.
I'm very inexperienced about the rear end and I'm strongly leaning to
paying the $$$ for this absolutely, positively, necessary job. I've
already ordered the cut out pieces from TRF.
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