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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: lefty on December 27, 2005, 03:13:06 PM

Title: Bugger
Post by: lefty on December 27, 2005, 03:13:06 PM

Had the cherry offroad for the first time yesterday and was v impressed.

Took it fairly easy but on closer inspection this morning and a bloody good jet wash i discovered a fist sized dent on the front diff.

Bugger.

This is why i was asking about underbody protection! I don't know how it happened, i didnt feel any graunching and i didn't tackle anything that seemed as if it would trouble the ground clearance. Drove quite a few deep-ish ruts but they were very soft and i'd be amazed if that was what dented the diff.

Drives fine, no unusual noises or anything like that so i might have got lucky...

My local breakers have a few pre-97 cherries in so i'll go up tomorrow to see if i can get a steering guard.

If somebody can show me how to post piccies i'll put em up!

lefty

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Post by: trent on December 27, 2005, 03:34:30 PM

Lefty, you can always add a few pics in your personal album!

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Post by: Woody on December 27, 2005, 03:47:20 PM

Lefty talk to Gwyn at http://www.mountainjacks.co.uk/ (http://www.mountainjacks.co.uk/) or Mark at http://www.offroadmdg.co.uk/ (http://www.offroadmdg.co.uk/) and go for an armoured diff cover rather than putting a stock one on.  I have one of these http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestor ... px?id=1273 (http://www.currieenterprises.com/cestore/Product.aspx?id=1273) from Mark on my TJ.

Woody

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Post by: lefty on December 27, 2005, 04:11:05 PM

Cheers woody, i'm going to do just that.

Got some pics in the album now...

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Post by: IBTJn on December 27, 2005, 05:18:49 PM

I have the inexpensive Warn diff covers (http://http://www.warn.com/truck/mounting-systems/differential_plate.shtml) myself...both front and back.  They work fine and are about 1/2 the price of the Curries.  

(http://http://www.warn.com/truck/snipplets/images/129/Differential_Plate.gif)

After spending what I did on F/R ARB lockers, I wanted to make sure I protected the diff cover.  Kizer has the Rockcrusher diff cover (http://http://www.rockcrusher-usa.com/diff-covers.htm) which is about the same price (maybe a little more) than the Currie set up.

(http://http://www.rockcrusher-usa.com/images/products/tn/diff-cover.gif)

Then there is always BlueTorch Fabs diff covers (http://http://www.bluetorchfab.com/oscomm/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=56_35&products_id=50) which are like 1/4" thick.

(http://http://www.bluetorchfab.com/oscomm/catalog/images/dana30.jpg)

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Post by: monkeybiz on December 27, 2005, 07:44:48 PM

we do the BDS and the warn ones both cheap as chips but we are not back till the 4th of january as i need to rest my back as its getting worse and i havent even offroaded in 6 months, the ways its going we may have to shut the garage side and sit on the end of a phone which doesnt pay the bills.......... tis worrying times when ye cant even weild a welder without going into spazms

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Post by: IBTJn on December 27, 2005, 09:26:33 PM

Quote from: "scotjeeps"

......... tis worrying times when ye cant even weild a welder without going into spazms

Yea but looking at your avatar you are having fun when you spazm! (http://http://birtydastardsjeepclub.com/forum/images/smiles/eusa_whistle.gif)

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Post by: monkeybiz on December 27, 2005, 10:20:51 PM

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Post by: lefty on December 28, 2005, 10:27:18 AM

Thanks, i'll give you a call in the New Year!

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Post by: Anonymous on December 28, 2005, 10:46:11 AM

I like the look of those rock crusher ones

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Post by: Bubba on December 28, 2005, 11:11:32 PM

i just dont drive in to rocks.........works for me

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Post by: greggmo on December 28, 2005, 11:20:30 PM

8)

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Post by: elvis on December 28, 2005, 11:33:05 PM

they seem to have a point dont be dumb be carefull and save some coin

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Post by: IBTJn on December 29, 2005, 06:41:08 AM

I'm very careful myself.  Just like my steering box, I put a Warn skid on it...even though I had never hit it once.  Then one day wheelin', I hit it on rocks when the front was sliding.  There was no way I could have prevented it.  The line I took was the correct one, just some rocks broke loose and bang.  So I did not install that stuff so I could hit it.  I installed it help protect me from the unseen or unknown events.  Same with the diff covers.    

(http://http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/IBTJn/Virtue%20Flats%2010-29-05/larry_rock-garden_1005.jpg)
(http://http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/IBTJn/Virtue%20Flats%2010-29-05/larry_trail-2_vf_1005.jpg)

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Post by: elvis on December 29, 2005, 10:59:31 PM

no i dont buy it i have never seen one get puntured by a rock seen loads torn by the diff grenading and just one or two from running over a mine

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Post by: daggie on December 30, 2005, 08:16:01 AM

I've been rock crwaling & generaly playing silly buggers at SS, never dented the diff housing

Even Owen hasn't dented his  :wink:

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Post by: lefty on December 30, 2005, 10:17:12 PM

yeah i dont understand it because i certainly wasnt flying round the place - only time it got away from me was going down a fairly steep slope and i didnt have it locked in 1st. wasn't rocky though.