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diff guard

Maybe the Crane ones. A little more finished than the Blue torch units.
 
they are a steel alloy

from BillaVista here

Cast as a single seamless piece of chrom-moly alloy steel, this is unquestionably the strongest diff cover available. There are no seams, no welds, no heat-affected zone stress raisers - juts one piece of bulletproof chrom-moly steel.
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BrettM said:
they are a steel alloy

from BillaVista here
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I'll agree with him. I've already beat the hell out of my Crane cover after two wheelin trips and its amazing. The feeling of slamming it into a rock is completely different than a mild steel diff gaurd like my front one. It's very solid.
 
BrettM said:
you mean a company other than BTF? what's wrong with the BTF unit?

I've seen a few different ones in the vendor section of the pirate board
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Nothing is wrong with the BTF, I was just looking for other options. I want the option to weld on it which I wouldn't want to do on the crane.
 
xjj33p3r said:
Crane covers aren't even steel, they are some kind of alloy, which is actually good, since it will disipate heat better.
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?? Steels, steel, not really much difference in disipating heat and whats that got to do with anything?
 
Weasel said:
?? Steels, steel, not really much difference in disipating heat and whats that got to do with anything?
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Less heat on moving parts is always a good thing, that's why you need lubricants. You do replace your oil every once in a while, don't you?







:rolleyes:
 
unless I get water in them then, no, not in the diff and I still don't see why you would need to disapate heat from a diff cover? Even if you did the difference in heat transfer coefficients between 1020 regular diff steel and 8xxx steel alloy isn't enough to gain anything.
 
Weasel said:
unless I get water in them then, no, not in the diff and I still don't see why you would need to disapate heat from a diff cover? Even if you did the difference in heat transfer coefficients between 1020 regular diff steel and 8xxx steel alloy isn't enough to gain anything.
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I would have to agree about the cover. I would think that big cast axle housing would disapate plenty of heat alone. I really can't see how changing the material of a diff cover would make much of a difference.
 
Weasel said:
unless I get water in them then, no, not in the diff and I still don't see why you would need to disapate heat from a diff cover? Even if you did the difference in heat transfer coefficients between 1020 regular diff steel and 8xxx steel alloy isn't enough to gain anything.
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Although the aluminum covers do disipate heat better I would think that the difference between mild steel and a cast or forged alloy steel would be negligble
 
ZPD said:
Nothing is wrong with the BTF, I was just looking for other options. I want the option to weld on it which I wouldn't want to do on the crane.
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That's the best reason to not have the cast cover.
Hell, since you can weld, get a pre-cut diff ring and make your own.
 
is that what you did on your 8.25?
 
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