pinion gaurds - 80 or otherwise (1 Viewer)

[green_machine]

a piece of armor that I found effective on my last rig, was a pinion guard. Rover center chunks have two threaded holes on the pinion casting for the stock steering dampener, that you could bolt a skid to. Is there anyone out there that has bent up/welded/made a bracket for such an animal on a cruiser?

 

[woody]

I've beaten the livin %$$#$% outta everything on my rig...the pinions seem to hold up dandy...

WHY do you want one??

 

[Poser]

Never found the need when I was running Toyota axles...

 

[green_machine]

sorry, let me be more clear. we called them pinion gaurds, but they actually covered the u joints and pinion flange. Most commonly hit when candy striping the driveshaft or in a rock garden.

maybe I'm a crappy driver, but I have hit them more than once. I tend to take my grocery getter to the wrong neighborhoods I guess.

 

[Poser]

Looks like one more piece of metal to deflect and rub on the driveshaft...

 

[Mace]

Rovers need em, cruisers dont...

 

[woody]

if you are worried about the yokes/flange/joints, don't be....they will survive most abuse than the d-shaft tube ever will....

I've always considered the yokes just one more possibility for getting un-stuck

 

[peesalot]

Mace , you made a funny that was funny , hot damn.

 

[Mace]

there is always a first for everything

 

[Eskimo]

Never needed one.

 

[green_machine]

Never needed one.

I think it's cause I have always been using rather smallish tires on a long wheel base. You tend to drag more that way.

It's mainly a rock garden thing anyway. Was just curious.