DIY4X Gaurdsman

[cybrfire]

You got to love a woman who buys truck parts for you for Christmas, AND cooks a killer Christmas dinner aswell. I got a Guardsman for Christmas . Thanks to Kert for helping my woman decide what to get that would arive on time for Christmas.

Your welcome! And tell your wife, Thanks for business, Merry christmas to the family. Glad we could get something to her in time.

 

[8_YOUR_H2]

I have to throw in my opinion of the pinion guard since I have had one on for the last year and wheeled it pretty hard. Granted mine is not the DIY, but it is BTF with the truss and pinion guard all intergrated. And this is with all due respect for DIY. I have spent a decent amount of money with you and have no complaints at all with your product or service. I am not trying to bash you or your product. You will get my money before any other vendor in cyberspace.

I can't count the times I have had people tell me...Your hung up on your pinion guard...back up and try again. I didn't have any real problems in Moab with the slick rock but in boulder piles I REALLY get hung up a lot. Mine has a sharp point on it and works just like an anchor on rocks. I hate it and it will get cut off before spring. I have wheeled 2 years in my K5 with out a pinion guard and I never had any problems where I thought....wow I really wish I would have had a pinion guard. However I have wheeled 1 year with one and I hate it.

just my opinion....

 

[vortec]

B_to_C runs one and he got hung up on it once. However if you look at the situation closer, the alternative would have been a completely trashed drive shaft and probably the yoke too.

That thing was staight up abusing the rock. It was sending chips flying without blinking an eye.

Nick's pinion angle is basically factory, so if you had the pinion rotated up for a CV shaft it would definitely act more as a skid.

that driveshaft looks really pretty. ha. mine has similar markings, but not so deep. it does look like that pinion yoke and u-joint would have had a really bad day without the guard on there. it probably wouldn't be the best thing for what i do, but i can certainly see a place for it.

 

[cbbr]

I can't count the times I have had people tell me...Your hung up on your pinion guard...back up and try again. I didn't have any real problems in Moab with the slick rock but in boulder piles I REALLY get hung up a lot. Mine has a sharp point on it and works just like an anchor on rocks. I hate it and it will get cut off before spring. I have wheeled 2 years in my K5 with out a pinion guard and I never had any problems where I thought....wow I really wish I would have had a pinion guard. However I have wheeled 1 year with one and I hate it.

Wouldn't you have done some serious damage without it?

 

[mrk5]

You know I'm wondering if you can get flanges for the 14blt and D60? Seems like they would stand up to some abuse without a Guardsman. Course the Guardsman is probably cheaper. But it would be an option for the D60 or 10blt/D44 for that matter.

 

[sope]

You know I'm wondering if you can get flanges for the 14blt and D60? Seems like they would stand up to some abuse without a Guardsman. Course the Guardsman is probably cheaper. But it would be an option for the D60 or 10blt/D44 for that matter.

What do you mean? What kind of flanges?

 

[mikey_d05]

I've never run one, so I'm just throwing my uninformed .02 here.

If you're hung up on a 14 bolt pinion guard, you would be hung up on the 14 bolt otherwise. I can't count the number of times I've had to back up and either try a different line or give my rig a healthy bump to get the rear diff. over an obstacle. I've completely trashed a driveshaft and caused further damage to my rig trying to get it out in front wheel drive because I didn't have one.

IMHO hanging up once in a while is better than breaking parts that nobody carries spares of.

Sope - I believe he's talking about flanges for u-joints, like Toyota and some other manufacturers use. They protect the u-joint a lot better than a standard u-bolt/strap yoke. I'm sure there's some obscure source for them, but I've browsed the Neapco catalog many times, and haven't found any. HAD makes D60/D70 and 14 bolt flanges to bolt to Toyota driveshafts, but the 14 bolt one is almost $300

 

[sope]

Sope - I believe he's talking about flanges for u-joints, like Toyota and some other manufacturers use. They protect the u-joint a lot better than a standard u-bolt/strap yoke. I'm sure there's some obscure source for them, but I've browsed the Neapco catalog many times, and haven't found any. HAD makes D60/D70 and 14 bolt flanges to bolt to Toyota driveshafts, but the 14 bolt one is almost $300

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Thanks. I know what you mean

 

[mrk5]

I've never run one, so I'm just throwing my uninformed .02 here.

If you're hung up on a 14 bolt pinion guard, you would be hung up on the 14 bolt otherwise. I can't count the number of times I've had to back up and either try a different line or give my rig a healthy bump to get the rear diff. over an obstacle. I've completely trashed a driveshaft and caused further damage to my rig trying to get it out in front wheel drive because I didn't have one.

IMHO hanging up once in a while is better than breaking parts that nobody carries spares of.

Sope - I believe he's talking about flanges for u-joints, like Toyota and some other manufacturers use. They protect the u-joint a lot better than a standard u-bolt/strap yoke. I'm sure there's some obscure source for them, but I've browsed the Neapco catalog many times, and haven't found any. HAD makes D60/D70 and 14 bolt flanges to bolt to Toyota driveshafts, but the 14 bolt one is almost $300

Yep, that's what I was referring to. I'd never looked at the pricing on them though.

You could just replace the yokes 3 times before that would pay off. I do know a couple of guys that do replace yokes every year though.

 

[8_YOUR_H2]

Please don't think I am trying to talk you guys out of buying one. All I am saying is that mine has acted like a pull pay bolted to my differential when I could have dumped and bumped it. Has it ever saved me from a catastrophic breakage? I can't say for sure.....maybe. Then again there may have been times that it saved my ass and I didn't realize it.

I have never had a situation where I was like...omg...thank heavan I had that pointed anchor of death bolted to my differential.

 

[rdn2blazer]

Look at the pic, there is room to angle cut the nose of it and weld on a new plate so it ramps over rocks more easily. IF I have a problem with mine hanging up on things Im going to try that before I just ditch it. That would help with a bit of extra clearence I would think. Atleast it would not be a shovel edge to it.

 

[mrk5]

I think some of that extra room is for the guys running 1410 yokes, but I don't know the difference in dimensions off the top of my head. I do know the caps are the same, but the joint is wider, FWIW.

 

[K588]

Got 3 of them on a K5, crew cab and the front 9" in my Jeep. Awesome products. No complaints or regrets, wish their was a way to get them on my 60's.