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[lefty]

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

[trent]

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

[Woody]

Lefty talk to Gwyn at http://www.mountainjacks.co.uk/ or Mark at 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 from Mark on my TJ.

Woody

[lefty]

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

Got some pics in the album now...

[IBTJn]

I have the inexpensive Warn diff covers myself...both front and back.  They work fine and are about 1/2 the price of the Curries.  



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 which is about the same price (maybe a little more) than the Currie set up.



Then there is always BlueTorch Fabs diff covers which are like 1/4" thick.

[monkeybiz]

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

[IBTJn]

......... 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!

[monkeybiz]

[lefty]

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

[Anonymous]

I like the look of those rock crusher ones

[Bubba]

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

[greggmo]

[elvis]

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

[IBTJn]

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.    

[elvis]

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

[daggie]

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

Even Owen hasn't dented his  :wink:

[lefty]

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.