[ketcat]

Funny you should mention and axle truss. I was in the shop at work and my shop manager and I were discussing building a thick ring to bolt on to the outside of the front diff cover in the hope that it would stiffen the housing somewhat. I am not sure it's really going to do anything but if I don't sell the H3 in the near future I will have one built. Problem is I have no way to document the success or failure of anything I would have done. At this point I have not broken a diff so quantifying the results will be difficult.

If I do it I will post pic's

My experience with (should I say it????) Jeeps and race cars is that trusses and tougher diff covers do work.