Installation
date: 3/5/00
When
outfitting your Jeep for serious off-roading, one of the things that
is often missed is protection for your differentials. Sure, you put
on skid plates for your gas tank, transfer case, and even transmission,
you install rocker guards and heavy-duty bumpers, but what about your
differential covers? The front diff is the lowest part of the vehicle
and it faces forward, making it the perfect target for rocks. Smack
one of those into a rock hard enough and you could ruin the gears
in your axle. I've managed to scrape my diff covers on a few occasions,
nothing that would cause damage to the gears so far, but I don't want
to take any chances in the future. I'd been looking at the diff guard
from the Four X Doctor for a while, and when I found a used one for
sale I jumped at the chance.
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The kit
comes with the diff guard and longer bolts to hold everything
in place.
Installation
is pretty simple, and doesn't require draining the differential.
All you do is remove the bottom 5 bolts from the diff cover,
put the guard in place, and bolt it up using the longer bolts.
You just need to get the bolts "finger tight", or
at least that's what I've been told. Since I bought my guard
used, I didn't get any instructions with it, I assume the Four
X Doctor includes instructions on how much to tighten the bolts.
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There was
some trouble getting the guard to fit right, so I had to do
a little grinding to get it to sit flush against the diff cover.
Other than
that the guard looks great, and very beefy. The nice thing about
these guards is you don't loose any ground clearance and there
are no clearance problems with steering components (as you can
see).
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For
more information, contact:
Four
X Doctor
1033.N.Victory.Pl
Burbank, CA 91502
818-845-2194
http://www.fourxdoctor.com/
