Making The Weak 7-1/4 Rear Axle Live... Kinda

While I don't recommend welding the spider gears together, or really locking the carrier at all in any way, I will say this. If you run a tall enough tire, you may never know the axles are locked, because the tires will take up some of the shock. I had some L-60/15s on the back of an old Chevelle with a welded up carrier...was like that when I bought it and it never made the tires chirp. When I romped it, it was a different story.