Nope. Theres a bolt hole thats exactly located where you grind to. So regardless of how much or how little you grind, you have to weld on the bottom to at least fill in the groove left from the old bolt hole. So welding is required no matter what.
Go to this link and scroll down to the green Crane cover. Shows exactly what im talking about with the old unused bolt hole: www.offroaddesign.com/crane-13-bolt-diff-cover-for-gm-10-5-14-bolt.html
I ground it flush with the bottom of the 13 bolt cover for maximum clearance. You have to weld on it anyway to beef it up because there's a bolt hole that's half exposed that needs filled in anyway. So regardless of how much you grind off initially... the cast is going to be thin and risk of cracking. Cast is brittle... Adding the Nickle rod and/or plate just guarantees its not going to crack on you, like mine did.
@@wheels.and.wrenches do you think the full shave kit would have been a better route to go initially? I’m just curious cause I need to do one of these to my 14b
@@jasonadams4344 depends on if you want to machine your ring gear down and cut off your entire bottom of the pumpkin. You'll gain clearance with a real shave kit, but there's a risk in warping the housing.
Go to this link and scroll down to the green Crane cover. Shows exactly what im talking about with the old unused bolt hole: www.offroaddesign.com/crane-13-bolt-diff-cover-for-gm-10-5-14-bolt.html
So if you wouldn’t have shaved off so much the first time you could avoid all of this yes?
Nope. Theres a bolt hole thats exactly located where you grind to. So regardless of how much or how little you grind, you have to weld on the bottom to at least fill in the groove left from the old bolt hole. So welding is required no matter what.
Go to this link and scroll down to the green Crane cover. Shows exactly what im talking about with the old unused bolt hole:
www.offroaddesign.com/crane-13-bolt-diff-cover-for-gm-10-5-14-bolt.html
So you are putting back material you ground off?
I ground it flush with the bottom of the 13 bolt cover for maximum clearance. You have to weld on it anyway to beef it up because there's a bolt hole that's half exposed that needs filled in anyway. So regardless of how much you grind off initially... the cast is going to be thin and risk of cracking. Cast is brittle...
Adding the Nickle rod and/or plate just guarantees its not going to crack on you, like mine did.
@@wheels.and.wrenches do you think the full shave kit would have been a better route to go initially? I’m just curious cause I need to do one of these to my 14b
@@jasonadams4344 depends on if you want to machine your ring gear down and cut off your entire bottom of the pumpkin. You'll gain clearance with a real shave kit, but there's a risk in warping the housing.
Go to this link and scroll down to the green Crane cover. Shows exactly what im talking about with the old unused bolt hole:
www.offroaddesign.com/crane-13-bolt-diff-cover-for-gm-10-5-14-bolt.html