Thread: Brittle mud shields

Possible heads up to check your mudshields on the insides of the wheels. I had the rear left one all but fall off (don't know how it didn't), a photo of which is attached. Checked the others and found a couple with cracks around the bolts as well. I have put a large washer under the bolt heads to try and spread the stress from flexing. Anyone have a better solution?

Mundy

Got rid of them.... all they do is hold wet mud in places that mud will grow

I had them removed on my 04 defender on the rear when I did my sals conversion. I then did the Tanami in the wet. The wet muddy sand actually got into the brake pads and stripped the entire brake pad out in under 400kms. I had just put new rear pads on in Darwin!

Oh the embarassment of arriving at Uluru resort on the back of a tow truck! Had to get the rear disks machined and a new set of pads (obviously). But now I make sure I have them on my car for outback travel.

So it might be true if you go for the bog-hole thing that they do fill up with mud - but for those of us that do outback travel I think they are essential.

A mate of mine who did the cape with us last year in his D2 has worked out a method to stop them rattling loose - he uses a rubber grommet to isolate the guards, so that the rattling is reduced. He checked them on both the way up and down the cape and had no dramas at all.