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Found this when checking diff after scraping off years of muck.


Repaired by Andy at Shrigley Engineering here in Manchester. He also replaced the seals and checked diff and even filled with oil.
Les.

Welding up and and re-machining the circlip area is certainly possible. Machining a ring and then welding the ring in place may be easier than building it totally by welding. I have seen both done

It also looks like a new diff output shaft has been made in two pieces and the arms end welded to the new plain shaft.

I tried that a couple of times many years ago but could never get them to last under racing stresses. The welds always eventually failed rapidly. Maybe they would last longer on a road car

cheers
Rohan

Previous owners solution. It is for road use and worth checking along with the doughnuts once the car is In use.
Diff just refitted this morning, note diff o/p spider L.H; is assume original.

Made a big difference refitting after grinding off casting at front of diff.
Les.