Diff Stands - What do you use?

Modify the receiving end of an engine stand. U shaped bracket to span differential housing and pinch clamps on the tubes of housing. Depends how Lo.g you make the legs of the U if you'll be able to rotate it 180 or 360 *. The engine stand already will flip it 360 if its tall enough. A few outriggers will steady it for some tugging. If you really need to do some bull work on it youll need to chain it or clamp it down on a heavy table.

Speedway sells this, http://www.speedwaymotors.com/***embly-Stand-for-9-Inch-Ford-Differential,2612.html

You should be able to expand on that idea. A quick Google search will bring others to hold an axle in an engine stand.

 

I'm just a simple guy.




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I like it! You can do curls and bench presses while you work.

 

Who said hot rodding was not good for your health!!!

 

Would be tough, I re arranged the steel a bit much for that now.

Ed

 

With Kodak flopping around belly up now guess it's finally time I left traditional film for history and get schooled on on the ways of digital stuff now. Will borrow a camera and see what I can do, might take a bit of time to get it all figured out though. Maybe faster I was the older I get, but slower I am as I proceed...

Ed

 

Hey Ed, just grab some kid with a cell phone, most these day have built in digital camera's in them and they can even send the pic's via email to you.

 

Just recently visited a shop where a guy was restoring an early E type Jaguar and saw he had utilised an mobile telescopic transmission stand to mount his Jag IRS on while he was working on it.
I did not have a camera with me to capture the moment, however he told me it worked a treat.

 

I use 4"x4" blocks and cut a hole through them (3 1/2") making a u one one end for storage and set up for the housings

 

I used my welding bench without the top recently, worked out real nice but now the top is on, so I'll have to figure something else out.

 

I use my Bobcat forks, they're fully adjustable, no matter how tall or short you are.

 

I took a set of industrial wire shelving (the kind that drops over 4 poles / caster wheel ***embly). The metal wire shelving was 2 foot by 2 foot size, snip a few wires for clearance, bolt axle ***embly to shelves with lug nuts and you have an axle stand that's pretty stable and allows the yoke just enough to not s****e the floor. Works great for painting, just dont use your fresh painted drums.

 

Still wondering what is out there for holding a diff similar to an engine stand that will work.
I plan to make up something but just dont have the inspiration/idea to run with...

 

Take a look thru this link to see a couple of good diff stand/holding device for early Ford diffs.

If somebody has the computer ability to copy them and post them as pic's I am sure it would be appreciated by future viewers of this thread.

http://www.ocmafc.org/techarticles/T...0Re-Edited.pdf

 

Well I use the speedway holder for thr center section and also need to find a better way for the complete rear ***embly. When your older and have a bad back it makes it really hard to get around some of this hobby

 

I hear you on that point.
That is why I started this thread to get as many ideas as possible for my own diff holding device.
What ever I decide on will be a fold away or dis-***emble style or attach to my engine stand etc...

 

Kind of job specific. Here's what we use. Ron

 

We made some stands using brake drums from a freight truck as the base.Then we welded 4 or 5 inch s**** drive line tubing to the drums.For the saddles we found some "mistake" U-bolts that are 3/4 " in diameter.

 

I like the K.R.Wilsons diff and trans holder for the KRW engine stand. Very universal and allows you to lock it in all kinds of positions.

 

I found these pic's on another site which are worthy of being shown here.

 

For moving the diff in and out of the car a motorcycle jack works really good


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Not really a stand, however recently I made a diff trolley/cradle so I can wheel it in and out from under the car and store it easily without all the man handling of the old days.

My back is not special and I could see trying to un-install this diff to paint it etc was ot going to be easy.
Now I can just put a garage jack under the diff for support, unbolt it lower it down onto the cradle and wheel it out in any direction I so choose.

I made just high enough off the floor so with brake drums on it wont scratch and due to the horse shoe shape, I can also get my garage jack in from the back and under the diff quite easily.

 

Here is mine. It's made from s****s and leftovers The other picture is a top I made for my floor jack to install rear ends

 

use a cheapie 1000 pound u shaped engine stand and welded 2 2x4 tube extension legs off the faceplate on a angle so they are 24" apart at the ends and 18" aways from the face plate and then welded 2 4" truck muffler clamps on the ends so all I do is load the housing on the face plate bolt the u bolts to the clamp bases . and hoist it to the stand can do almost any automotive and light truck axle . for ford pigs I have the OTC ears which I can do 9" to heavy truck rears on .

to get them in place we use a trans jack that we modified to bolt a 2x4 cross tube to 2 2x2 tube uprights on that have the clamps on the tops so we can rotate the axle if needed .

 

I use 3/4 inch plywood cut into the same cir***ference as the tires and drilled to match the bolt pattern I am going to use on my rear end. That way I can roll it under the car and center in the wheel well. The stand pictured is what I use for overhaul and panting. Works for me............Terry