Thread: Is it a good idea to get rid of the brakes mud shields?

Leave them on, but check the mount holes for radial cracks every service.

Just my thought.

Cheers
Pete

I'd prefer to leave them on, but i'm at my wits end with the rattles they make when loose or cracked. I've had mine repaired each twice now. I took the RR off due to the noise it was making with one screw snapped off in the hole.

lots of comment has been made on this topic over the years. enter "disc guards" without the quotes into the search AULRO window at the bottom of any page and enjoy browsing the opinions - mine are still off and have suffered no resultant problems.

onebob

They will always let crap in, but not always out.

Mine have been off for as long as I can remember and without any probs

I think mine lasted about 20k kms after I bought the D2, then they cracked due to the road, so I took them off. Goes to show how much dirt road use it had in the prev 212000kms :O I think the defender lasted about 60000, though I did attempt a repair at some point. No ill effect has been observed in either. Does make it easier to keep a check on disc and pad condition
Cheers Scott

Ive had the opposite experience i would always leave them on.

Jc

JC, How do you stop them cracking? I brazed large flat washers to the defenders, shaped to fit and all it did was crack around the reinforcment :/ so I called it quits. The front do not appear to suffer the same probs.
Cheers Scott