I have never seen it actually done that way. Every one I have had to deal with was done by some backyard "weldor" who "might have" splashed a little solvent around to get rid of "most" of the gear lube before going at it.
I have seen them done with not much more than some bubble-gum looking blobs that were really just blocking the roation of the spider gears....and yes, I have seen failures, imagine that.
On a full floating axle, used off road, and properly welded....but after all of that work, why not just use a spool and be done with it?
After pulling the bearings, ring gear, cleaning the parts, pre-heating, etc. and are you really sure that you didn't distort the carrier with the heat? For about $200, you could have had the spool and skipped all of that.
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