twisted_ed
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada
I have seen lots of pictures of trusses installed on ford 8.8s and Dana 30s and I have been thinking about trussing mine....I intend to stick with these axles for a variety of reasons that are to lengthy to describe here, suffice to say I am looking for help on the subject of trussing these two axles, not about why I should not truss the 30 etc.
What I have seen such as the TNT Customs trusses for the 30 and 8.8 in pictures is that it appears that the truss is only welded to the tubes and not to the pumpkin... this is where I am having reservations, I have seen cast iron/steel welded, and under many different ways including preheat, nickel rod etc... and I have seen most fail, and fail miserably.. so I don't really want to weld to the pumpkin.. now from what I have seen regarding not welding to the pumpkin, is there even a point, does the truss do anything if it is only welded to the tubes?
What I have seen such as the TNT Customs trusses for the 30 and 8.8 in pictures is that it appears that the truss is only welded to the tubes and not to the pumpkin... this is where I am having reservations, I have seen cast iron/steel welded, and under many different ways including preheat, nickel rod etc... and I have seen most fail, and fail miserably.. so I don't really want to weld to the pumpkin.. now from what I have seen regarding not welding to the pumpkin, is there even a point, does the truss do anything if it is only welded to the tubes?