Diff armor

[birfection]

Just bought some diff armor for my rear axle. do i need to drain the oil from the diff before i weld the armor on?(I just filled the stinkin thing!)

[BikerTrash]

I might be wrong, but I would think leaving the oil in it would be safer: if it is empty, the heat you put into the metal would just have to heat up a thin film of oil to get it to start smoking and ignight. If it is full of oil, the oil should act as a heatsink. atleast thats how I think it would work.

[Goldrush]

idk. u could be right, you could be wrong. what i would do it drain the oil into a clean bucket, weld and then use that oil over again if you can..

[junya92toy]

Weld it with the oil in it. Heat sink and it wont catch on fire. Youre truck wont burn to the ground, if any does "flare up" it will use what little 02 that is in there and go out

[yoshaleng]

I welded mine full of oil and had no problems.

[Burl]

Me too front and rear.  No problems.

[Nimyad]

X3 i welded it full of oil front and rear

[79yota4x]

x4 welded em full

[bleakhorizon]

when i welded my front armor on, my axle was out, empty and clean.... STILL smoked and sizzled like a b*std......  so i would prob leave it full also...

[1983 toylet]

I welded mine on with oil as well and had no problems..