Wanted D-35 Beam Armor?

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I’ve been looking for some weld on beam armor for my D35 but no one makes it as a kit. Anyone wanna make some $ to fab some up from 3/16 plate for me? I don’t have a metal break so I can’t bend it.
I’d like to have bottom plates for both beams, a plate for the front lower half of the diff and a plate across the front of both beams that goes from knuckle to pivot bushing.

I attached pictures to show what I want. I can get the weld on diff armor from solo motor sports but if someone is willing to fab up this armor, I’ll buy it from them instead.

 

[Curious Hound]

If you have a hydraulic press, you can get a brake attachment that fits in the press that will bend at least1/4” plate. I borrowed a brake from a friend and it worked perfectly in my Harbor Freight press.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Thanks, I’ll look into that!

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Swag makes a kit for the 20 ton harbor freight press. It’s $200 plus shipping and the 20 ton press is $200. This may be an option when my taxes come in. I could use the press when I replace the bearings in the diffs.

 

[Curious Hound]

SWAG is the one I want to buy.

 

[Shran]

I want a SWAG press brake so bad! I have a press and a CNC plasma table, bending things is kinda the next obvious level. Put their bandsaw table on your want list too, I love mine.

That armor plating for the driver's side beam looks pretty easy to make. I should figure out how to draw that and cut it.

 

[Curious Hound]

Several of our shops at work have the Swag portaband table. It's very nice. One guy loosely copied it and made one at home.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I think you guys have sold me on it. I’ll have to wait until my taxes come in though.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

So I had a scammer hit me up on here trying to sell me D35 armor. His name was Jason something. He referred me to another guy named Jason (jasonwilly1960@gmail.com) They both had bad english, like as if english is their second language. I believe it was the same scammer. He stole a picture of Plumbcrazy’s home made diff armor then tried to get me to buy it for $200. I was already suspecting it was a scammer so I searched for D35 armor and found the exact picture in Plumb’s thread.

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

This was the scammer.

 

[justingibson]

Brian1 on the explorerforum makes some of this stuff. It looks too notch

 

[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

I didn’t know there was an explorer forum... I’ll look him up, thank you!