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Fab #6 Differential Protection

After a run on the Fordyce Trail and a dented front differential it was time to add some protection to that vital area of our Project Toyota.

A hard enough hit to the face of your differential could lead to the ring gear cutting through and leaking all your fluids leaving you dead in the trail as well as a total axle rebuild!

Toyota's don't have a removable diff cover so simple bolt on protection is not available other that a few products on the market that really don't do a good enough job for a rock crawler. What we needed was weld on heavy metal.

The 4x4Beast solution was custom bent .25" plate wrapping around the bottom face of the diff and transitioning to the drag area without any lips so there would be no hanging up of the rocks. The top half of the plate was secured to .5" rod to keep it from pushing into the diff and ducts were fabbed into the bottom to keep water from being trapped.

This design is such that the ring gear is now totally protected and we still have access to the diff's filler plug. We can now bash a rock with the diff guard and push our way up and over it with out sticking or breaking.

If you would like 4x4Beast Fabrication to protect your rig's differential, contact us.

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