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  1. 15th December 2010, 01:46 PM #1
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    Diff guards ...

    Bought a front diff guard yesterday ... bloke mentioned that sometimes with extreme flex they can pop their bolts and fall off ... I am talking the round type, not the QT plate type. Anybody heard of this happening or heard of anybody losing a diff guard under flex? He mentioned it can be a good idea to attach an extra little bit of wire to them as insurance if they pop their locks.

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    I have never heard of front diff guards coming off but then the topic is not normal conversation around here either...

    I have had one on my 110 for some time now and when I installed it I was concerned about it getting hit off on the rocks I frequently bump into so I ran a bead of silicone around the inside of the diff guard before installing. Once done up tight, the silicone set and binds like the proverbial to a blanket... I am going to have to run a sharp blade around between the guard and the diff to get it to come off if I need to remove it.

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    Great idea Phil ... didn't think of that. I have installed it now and buggered if I'm going back to that again, but if and when I do take it off next time I'm going to follow up on your silicon idea.

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    If the axle is flexing you have issues!!!

    However, diff guards can be ripped off by rocks.

    It has never happened to mine, as I made it a VERY tight fit. On the 110 I just replaced the diff pan with an 8 mm pipe cap

    You can tack weld them on or use u-bolts (around the diff) or wire.
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    Ben,

    Just the messenger mate ... the bloke did say it CAN happen under extreme flex - he was emphasizing extreme. The bloke is a long time Land Rover mech and was merely passing on what he had been alerted to by some of his customers. I would imagine that something may be lost in translation here ...

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  6. 15th December 2010, 10:28 PM #6
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    I've never personly seen it, but i have heard of the round type diff guards (the type you have) falling off, maybe not from the diff flexing but from diffing out of rocks/ruts etc
    If i owned one i would ad abit of wire just incase
    And as you mensiond they are a pig to get on and off so you want to try avoid having to take it off again

    for my disco i just bent and cut up some 6mm plate and welded it onto the housing, it's not coming off in a hurry

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