Beefy Diff Guards

[BlackTop]

I've decided to go the cheap way on the diff guards
8" pipe cap 3/8 thick
Bought it at "Thomas Pipe & Supply .CO" in Phoenix

[BlackTop]

I've made the cut with an angle grinder
cut in 2 equal half

[BlackTop]

Bob, from Desert Dogs did the welding and he did a great job :D
http://groups.msn.com/DesertDogs/_whatsnew.msnw

[BlackTop]

this is the Back one , painted and personalized :D

[BlackTop]

Don't forget to drill a drain hole in each diff guard and "voila"
a cheap and very effective way to protect your diffs :)

[BigDaddy]

Originally posted by BlackTop
I've decided to go the cheap way on the diff guards
8" pipe cap 3/8 thick
Bought it at "Thomas Pipe & Supply .CO" in Phoenix

How Much was the Weld Cap?

[BlackTop]

The cap was $20

[WildYoats]

Awesome great idea dude, thanks! I'll have to find one of those them there caps! :D

[Kyron]

When I got my caps at Thomas they knew just what I was going to do with them :D

[sarge]

sweet your going to love them, at first I tried hitting stuff just to see some scars now I just thrash my truck:D

[Kyron]

The bottom of the diff is alot beefer than the front.

I have the skid plate type on the rear of mine :cool:

[BigDaddy]

Not trying to bust your balls, but
what is up with that nasty Hack
Job you did on this one?????????

Drinking to much?


http://www.wildyoats.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=12235

[Kyron]

LOL thats nuthin ........... I aint showin mine :rolleyes:

[BlackTop]

like Kyron said , I'm not worried about the bottom
let see some pics of your diff guards
I'm telling you ociffer , I had only a couple beers :D
looking forward to try them out on the trail Sunday ;)

[yarddog]

Originally posted by BigDaddy
Not trying to bust your balls, but.....


Yeah you were LOL, that's funny :D

[BigDaddy]

Originally posted by BlackTop
like Kyron said , I'm not worried about the bottom
let see some pics of your diff guards
I'm telling you ociffer , I had only a couple beers :D
looking forward to try them out on the trail Sunday ;)

I did the same thing...but I cut out a section for the top filler plug. I will take a picture and post it.

How did it work for ya?

[BlackTop]

just got back from wheeling , the diff guards worked great "Beefy":D
I'll recommend them to everyone ;)
I'll post some photos of the damages :D

[4rnr4evr]

i did the same thind and if you want to go higher up past the fill plug just drill the hole 4 the fill plug ant weld a toyota lug nut on top of youre fill plug .then you dont have to try too reach down in to get the fill plug out. plus you can use youre lug wrench to loosen it .i did it it works fine so far.and the lug nut dont stick out past the guard. sorry i dont have a pic

[fabricator]

installed pic

[Travota_85]

I tried to get the 8in pipe cap at one of the local metal supplies and they said they have to special order it.

[4rnr4evr]

dont mess around w/ gettin pipe caps then cuttin them in half etc.etc. get the diff covers from the guy above this post (fabricater) i got one the are nice and cheep and fit perfict

[BlackTop]

They work really really good , while on the trail , I don't have to be worried anymore about banging the diffs :D
here is some photos
Hey Travota_85 , when ever we do Sleeping Princess , up in your area , we'll bring you one ;)
Hey Fabricator , How much , for the fancy schmancy diff guard of yours

[BlackTop]

next weekend , I'll bob the bed :D

[AZWILDYOAT]

Originally posted by BlackTop
next weekend , I'll bob the bed :D
Thanks to F'in Chad, I need to flat bed mine:rolleyes:

[Travota_85]

Blacktop- ya that'd be cool, when we gonna do sleeping princess anyway, hopefully I'll have my dual cases in by then, second case is sittin in my garage and bud says the crossmember goes out next week:D

Josh- just bob it like I did a couple weeks ago I'll post pics when I get some.

[Manouso]

Anyone have an idea of where to get a cap like that in Utah?

[Skychrome]

Yea just look up pipe in the phone book. There is a place about 3600west and califonia roughly.Looked em up a few years ago. They had it in stock for roughly $20-30. I too may be intewrested in fabricators setup. I like the caps but want to cover the bottom and even clear to the yoke on the carrier. Then i would slide on the driveline. Just before the bolts hop to the skid, then easily slide over the axle. But the caps only help from puncturing. nothing else.

[Kyron]

If you have the tools, you can make one of these ...... they work pretty well from what I've seen :) (I have this in the back and the pipe cap in the front.....

http://www.perssonoffroad.com/temp/skidplate.jpg

[fabricator]

been gettin a few inquires about the diff guards that i make,
they are 35 dollars each while supplies last.

[spanky]

How about selling me one or two of those!!
Shoot me a message:
luna@ci.walnut-creek.ca.us
:D :D :D :D