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last night i made up a bash guard for my new axle so im just posting it up here for feed back. let me know if you see something i should change before it makes it to the paint stage!








 
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nice work, looks awesome man

wish i had a torch like that when i was bending my 1/2" solid bar, had to use a handheld propane torch, took forever!
 

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More for aesthetics than anything else, add some horizontal bars [follow the outside edge] to make it look somewhat like a spider web. Maybe use some 5/16" bar that's curved slightly.

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that'd be cool..

but regardless- looks good, should be pretty functional to!

and A LOT cheaper than an offroad diff cover
 

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More for aesthetics than anything else, add some horizontal bars [follow the outside edge] to make it look somewhat like a spider web. Maybe use some 5/16" bar that's curved slightly.

Richard
thats what i was thinking, at least between the two vertical ones on either side of the ring gear. this was all brought on by me almost backing into a rock while trying to hook up to a trailer. that was when i had just rebuilt the axle that is currently in the truck so i wasnt about to take it back out to build one so now that im building another axle i figured i might as well make one this time.
 

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It looks really awesome actually. :icon_thumby:

The only thing I'd do is put 2 more bars from the top to the cage to brace it. Since, if you were to smash straight down onto a rock, the force could bend up the flange surface(s) where the bars are welded. Then it would cause diff leakage.:sad:

Better to over-do it than to wish you over-did it, right? :D




Something like this would help out a bunch.
 
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well the rods are welded to a plate that bolts on over top of the cover, i had to cut the lip on the cover in the middle and then pound the lower portion of the flange out flat so that the guard could bolt over top of the cover. did i make that confusing enough?
 

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What you're saying is the guard is separate from the cover. That should work to prevent what Iron Ranger was worried about.

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well the rods are welded to a plate that bolts on over top of the cover, i had to cut the lip on the cover in the middle and then pound the lower portion of the flange out flat so that the guard could bolt over top of the cover. did i make that confusing enough?
Oh ya, I didn't see that part! :icon_twisted: It looked like it was welded right to the diff cover.

No, no. Never mind what I said. Your system will work perfectly! :icon_thumby:
 

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i added some more gusset work to the guard last night, then finished cleaning things up and slapped on some paint.




heres the wrench that i used to bend the rods on the guard after the torch ran out of gas



paint!



 

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paint either the guard or the cover a different color.. make it stand out.. i vote the guard should be orange! lol
 

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That is simply gorgeous.
Very nice work.
I need to make one for my lol7.5" once I get a damn welder...
 

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i was thinking blue cover with a black face and a yellow guard? i dont really know yet, maybe ill just stick to my original smiley and just add the guard?
 

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Looks good gives me a idea when I want to fab up some armor for my ex.

Have you made any more tail light guards lately?
 

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i bent up the driver side tail light guard perimeter yesterday, but its been raining too much for me to fit and finish them.
 

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