{"id":578,"date":"2014-12-04T20:35:36","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/?p=578"},"modified":"2026-01-10T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:25:12","slug":"dichtlassen-differentieel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/dichtlassen-differentieel\/","title":{"rendered":"Differential Welded Shut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To improve the car\u2019s drifting capabilities, we decided to <strong>weld the differential<\/strong>. Unfortunately, the first attempt didn\u2019t involve enough welding, which allowed the differential to start doing what a differential is meant to do again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily, nothing was damaged, and we were able to <strong>weld the differential a second time<\/strong>, this time successfully. The result is a properly locked differential that performs exactly as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some photos of the work carried out. Unfortunately, we forgot to take pictures of the <strong>welded differential itself<\/strong>, so those are missing.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-712x400.jpg\" alt=\"Dichtlassen differentieel volvo 340\" class=\"wp-image-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-712x400.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-14-13.39.01-e1717802013176-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-713x400.jpg\" alt=\"Differentieel volvo 340\" class=\"wp-image-580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-713x400.jpg 713w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.projectvolvo.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-11-17-14.51.59-e1717802032255-2048x1150.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After the first attempt, it unwelded itself lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To improve the car\u2019s drifting capabilities, we decided to weld&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1737,1735,1736,1733,1732,1738,1734],"class_list":["post-578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-volvo340","tag-differential-welding-project","tag-diy-welded-differential","tag-drift-car-drivetrain-modification","tag-locked-differential-drifting","tag-welded-diff-drift-car","tag-welded-diff-volvo-340","tag-welded-differential","wpcat-51-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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