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Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:12 pm
by dixono
Hello all. I have a high capacity series 3 109 pickup.
The swivel balls are quite heavily welded to the diff/axel casing or better know as the banjo. Any idea why this would be? I think I’ll just use a flap disc on the grinder until the swivels are free. But maybe I need a whole new banjo case? Very weird I must say
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:14 pm
by dixono
Sorry for the 3 posts.
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:28 pm
by dixono
I was trying to add photos and pressed button to many times
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:36 pm
by swamijake
Pretty sure that is not stock, maybe someone did it to stop the leaking?
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2021 1:49 pm
by dixono
Definatley not stock. It is just welded on the bottom so maybe to stop a leak. It would have been pretty easy to throw some gasket maker in there tho! Not to mention not a common place for a leak. I hope the weld isn’t to deep so I can grind it off and still have a usable casing.
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 6:45 am
by InterMechanico
🤮🤮🤮
Re: Swivel balls welded to diff case.
Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2021 6:15 am
by radio_05
That looks pretty brutal, good luck fixing that. Might have been a Toyota shop that did that. On the Landcruisers, the swivels are part of the axle, which is a worse design from a maintenance standpoint.