Birty Dastards Jeep Club
Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: gregwho on November 17, 2009, 09:08:36 PM
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Looking to get a set of harder diff covers and have done a bit of googling on it. Found an interesting article on testing of some covers here http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticles/drivetrain/154_0708_bulletproof_test/index.html (http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticles/drivetrain/154_0708_bulletproof_test/index.html) - love it for their test strategy and how they rate them :icon_winkle:
Anyhow, found these http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/differential-covers-c-5.html?osCsid=339628c9f8f5161fc99d65f79e16cf86 (http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/catalog/differential-covers-c-5.html?osCsid=339628c9f8f5161fc99d65f79e16cf86) and wondered if anyone has any comments (any good, load of crap etc!). At the moment for my WJ the Dana30 and Dana44 inc shipping would be about £138...bit worried that sounds cheap! I know they're not the best looking ever, but if they do what they're meant to, then thats cool.
Otherwise any recommendations on other makes/models?
Cheers all!
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still got this if it helps http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=9210.0 (http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=9210.0)
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I have a pair of these on my Wrangler
(https://birtydastards.com/frm/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimage.jpmagazine.com%2Ff%2F9290254%2Bw750%2Bst0%2F154_0708_09_z%2Bplate_steel_test%2Bsolid_axle_industries.jpg&hash=59764ac0c6d898d1fdcab6d029021fd393b64505)
Drop Steve, username - scrw on here a PM as he imports them!
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save yer money and learn where yer diffs are. ive never even dented one. front or rear.
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One is saying nowt ....
Cept where are the rocks...
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I have diff hats/covers on mine.
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save yer money and learn where yer diffs are. ive never even dented one. front or rear.
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I would consider myself to be quite 'hardcore' including driving 3-4 miles of rocky dry river bed from time to time and still haven't felt the need for thicker covers. The front cover is quite thick as stock, not like a landrover pressed tin affair.
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I've got a Ruff Stuff one on my rear axle and a home-built guard that goes over the stock cover on my front axle.
Ruff Stuff do really good products and Dan the owner is really good at answering questions and getting parts out quickly.
save yer money and learn where yer diffs are. ive never even dented one. front or rear.
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I would consider myself to be quite 'hardcore' including driving 3-4 miles of rocky dry river bed from time to time and still haven't felt the need for thicker covers. The front cover is quite thick as stock, not like a landrover pressed tin affair.
I've only had one or two big hits on the diffs and they came from driving quite silly rocks at Seven Sisters, often when a bit wet (stupid, but fun :003:). For the cost, diff armor represents good value in my mind - one bad slip or slide into a rock and you can knacker a grand's worth of axle components (locker, new gear set + rebuild cost) and not be able to drive the Jeep for the rest of the offroading trip.
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not dented mine but plastered them with plenty of mud instead