| Author | Message | ||
     CJ SZPILA (Crash05) Member Username: Crash05 Post Number: 169 Registered: 11-2002 |
I was talking to some one about how I just got my Safari Guard Diff guards and they asked me with if I was going to use a saftey strap when I put them on. Is this done a lot? I know some people tack weld them on, but I don't want to do that. Is the safety strap the way to go then?? | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 662 Registered: 09-2002 |
I think it's probably a good idea. I just got a set of diff guards and am thinking of putting safety straps on them. I don't really want those suckers flying off and hitting someone behind me. | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 857 Registered: 02-2002 |
Fronts don't need one - the panhard rod retains it - the rear you will knock off all the time if you use the truck at all. A strap will keep you from losing it, but it is very annoying having to bang it back on all the time on the trail (usually with a cro-magnon hammer!)......just weld it and be done with it. Bill | ||
| Chip Salisbury (Disconites) New Member Username: Disconites Post Number: 30 Registered: 10-2002 |
Early on I lost a couple of them on the trail because I too didn't want to tack weld them on. It really doesn't take much of a bump for them to come off - especially the rear one. My solution was to use thin metal rope as a leash. | ||
| CJ SZPILA (Crash05) Member Username: Crash05 Post Number: 170 Registered: 11-2002 |
By the way how hard is it to put the front one on? Do you remover the panhard rod or just loosen it up? | ||
| Jay Hobbs (Jayxd) Member Username: Jayxd Post Number: 155 Registered: 03-2002 |
You will need to remove the bolt on the PS side of the panhard rod and move out of the way to install, or at least I did. | ||
| Bill Bettridge (Billb) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Billb Post Number: 858 Registered: 02-2002 |
You can just bend the ears open and slide it up under the panhard rod. Bill | ||
| Nathan Hindman (Nathanh) Member Username: Nathanh Post Number: 74 Registered: 07-2002 |
I know that you don't really want to, but I'd HIGHLY recommend that you tack weld them on. A safety strap does a pretty good job of keeping you from losing the guard, but makes them worthless if they're dangling beneath the axle. A couple of years ago, I knocked my front diff guard off in a rock garden, un benownst to me. A few feet further down the garden... WHAM... hit a rock and ripped a hole in the front of my diff guard. Still would've happened with a check strap. Because I "couldn't find the time" to weld it on, it cost me a day on the trail, having to do a field repair by pulling the front axles (to limp home in 2WD, and welding a new front cap on my axle. Speaking from experince, just a couple little tack welds is all it takes. Thanks, Nathan Hindman http://www.pangaea-expeditions.com | ||
| Jack Quinlan (Jsq) Senior Member Username: Jsq Post Number: 414 Registered: 10-2002 |
I also went with plastic covered wire rope with ferrule loops. It looks decent and does the job but be careful about making it too long. You don't want it to limit you, but at the same time if it's too long:  what's wrong with this picture? why is my tire so high off the ground? Is John Bull just eXtreme? Nope. My wire rope has looped itself over the top of my oil filter and is suspending my tire in the air. Lucky thing it didn't just shear off the oil filter in the middle of the trail. I've still got the wire but it's threaded in such a way as to prevent this happening again. yikes. |
