Recent content by Wkndwarrior

Completed the inspection on the salvaged housing over the weekend with the die penetrant system and it looks like I'll be buying a new housing. Even the one I currently have installed looks to have the same type of surface cracking. Thank you all for your help.

That is fantastic information. Thanks for the assist. I'll keep the post updated with what I find.

The cracks are not on the machined surfaces. They look spotless. I have found some literature on the cold injection process, but since I'm no metallurgist or mechanical engineer, I wasn't sure if that is what it was. If so, would it still be usable if no oil weeping occurs after cleaning?

Kind of new to the group and this is my first post. I bought 4.56 gears to install on my KK. Plan is to do the front first and then the rear afterwards. Since this my first time working with gears, I pulled a junk yard front axle housing to perform the gear change on and have time to complete it...