Note the bevel on the housing tube end for good weld penetration, as well as a good exposed section of extension for the weld to penetrate as well, and the usual back face of the inner C, slightly beveled from where I ground the weld out to remove the small chunk of tube that both C's had in them when I got them.
Again, from a little further back. You can also see where I ground the plug welds smooth with the housing.
Again, but on the passenger side.
And on the bench measuring for inner shafts, which I am also making.
And for those who are into the offroad world and follow some buggy builds on Pirate, a lot of the custom axles with aftermarket fabricated housings usually have a tag with the company name or logo welded onto the housing somewhere. Well I thought it would be cool to do the same thing but with the Eaton logo, so I made a couple of those tags to weld to the housing (one of the front axle and one for the rear).
And since I am making my own inner shafts, here is whats left after I attacked a pair of stub axles and '58 HO72 axle shafts with a lathe (for boring a 3/4'' hole in the stub yokes) and a cutoff wheel.
And since we are on the subject of making custom length inner shafts of strange and unique diffs, here are a couple links to some tech that shows how to do such a thing....
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...5&postcount=50
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...0&postcount=76
(Bottom of the page on this last one)
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...&postcount=132