| Author | Message | ||
     David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 166 Registered: 02-2003 |
I'm a bit baffled as to how the bracket and guard attach at the top of the rear diff. Can someone with one of these snap a pick of the TOP of it for me? I would really appreciate it, thanks. This is on an 88 RRC, but whatever you can show me will help. -Dave | ||
| Sean Arney (Seana) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Seana Post Number: 145 Registered: 05-2003 |
heres a link to a few pics, I tried to post this yesterday but I guess it didnt go sorry. http://www.rulessoftware.com/Sean/HTML/index.htm | ||
| David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 168 Registered: 02-2003 |
thank you SO MUCH!!!!  | ||
| Sean Arney (Seana) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Seana Post Number: 146 Registered: 05-2003 |
No sweat - they are kind of buggers to get on there, but they are nice. The front shots should also show where to weld the tabs. Funky, eh? Let me know if you need anything else Good Luck | ||
| Jack Leitch (Liveattheedge) Senior Member Username: Liveattheedge Post Number: 343 Registered: 12-2003 |
safari gard ones are bitches to get on, i couldn't break the link loose on the steering setup to get the front one on yet. It was late, and i was tyred. I'll get to it when i can use the lift at school. | ||
| Sean Arney (Seana) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Seana Post Number: 147 Registered: 05-2003 |
SG in the front is a bit of a pain, but nothing like the QTs - welding and a lot of force to get the rear one up there - but well worth it in my book for the pinion flange protection!! Plus the QT do NOT come off - I was so sick of battling the SGs, I lost the front one, threw the rear in the dumpster. As soon as you start to knock the SGs around, they come off. I would strongly suggest that anyone using SG or similar design drill a hole in the guard and use a steel braided wire as a lanyard to retain the dang things - or be like me; minus a couple of hundred bucks before you realize what happened. | ||
| David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 169 Registered: 02-2003 |
I have the DAP guard on the front, very heavy peice with the standard band and 2 bolt setup on the top. I chose the DAP one over the 4 or 5 nearly identical ones becasue they are local to me and I try to support local businesses. I'll be keeping an eye on it and probably setting up a lanyard of some sort as Sean suggested. Thanks again. | ||
| Tim '92 RR (Snowman) Senior Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 740 Registered: 12-2002 |
David- Did you ever solve the misting problem? | ||
| Rob Davison (Nosivad_bor) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Nosivad_bor Post Number: 1796 Registered: 02-2003 |
with spring around the corner i bet that misting problem with cure it self shortly | ||
| David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 171 Registered: 02-2003 |
the misting... a combination of things, but since Spring is here, it has become a non-issue. I found out my HC was leaking a bit (but this was a new thing, bad fogging was happening since day 1 when I KNOW that there was no anitfreeze in my carpets) so it is bypassed right now as well. However, even when it's quite cold out in the mornings, I can demist quite easily with just the cold outside air. It sure makes for an uncomfortable ride when the temps dip below 30F. I'll be replacing the HC in the Fall and probably revisiting the whole issue again when it's cold. With the weather the way it is now, it's impossible to diagnose adequately. | ||
| David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 172 Registered: 02-2003 |
Sean, Just printing out your pics. Am I correct that you did NOT use the big spacer that goes up near the pinion? | ||
| Tim '92 RR (Snowman) Senior Member Username: Snowman Post Number: 742 Registered: 12-2002 |
Dang, you are south. 2 days ago in the early AM it was only 20! | ||
| Sean Arney (Seana) Dweb Lounge Member Username: Seana Post Number: 149 Registered: 05-2003 |
Correct. No spacer required for mine. I think that thing was in there to protect the gas tank, no? In any case I think I remember it saying that the spacer is optional and just depends on your setup/application. | ||
| David Morin (Sporin) Member Username: Sporin Post Number: 173 Registered: 02-2003 |
I remember that day... I just don't take the RRC to work except about once a week. | ||
| Runnerma (Runnerma) Member Username: Runnerma Post Number: 58 Registered: 12-2003 |
In my case Tim I have used the spacer. Bacause else the guard was rubbing at the nuts of the roroflex. It goes there where the diffguard bolts onto the diff house. ( http://www.rulessoftware.com/Sean/HTML/img_0130.htm ) Petros |
