Steering guard?

[spy]

Can anyone suggest the best (cheapest!) place to buy a steering guard to fit my 1982 series 3.  One with suitable built in recovery points would be ideal!

[Jim-Willy]

Rebel4x4 are quite cheap, the one on my 90 is a nice piece of kit.  They do them for series i think.

[stratie]

£25 will get you one like this :D

[ian_s]

doesnt seem to protect your trackrod verywell :?

[Tractorboy16]

Hi, This is the rebel one on TIM, Does cpver abit more but then i have mine mounted down abit more.



As you can see i have mounted mine throungh the spring hanger bolts and then i have welded two pieces of metel to the chassas which act as stops so that it can't spin around on that bolt. (if you get what i mean) I did this as the holes didn't line up and at the time of fitting didn't have any drill bits long enought or more inportatly, high tensile bolts to secure it so just did it like this.

sorry, can't find any pics of it but i can get some in like 2 weeks when im home for xmas.

Me xxx

[dave_2A_2.25Turbo]

None of the guards seem to be totally bolt-on - they all follow the same design & only one pair of holes lines up at a time.  The fact that there are several pairs gives you a choice of mounting positions.  Jaes' idea of welding on a couple of tabs to stop rotation is excellent!  Most old LRs don't need any more unneccessary holes!

[Tractorboy16]

Jaes' idea of welding on a couple of tabs to stop rotation is excellent!  Most old LRs don't need any more unneccessary holes!

plus, as u can see from the pic i have been able to mount mine lower on the spring hanger this way meaning it does cover the steering bars a little better,

Me xx

[datalas]

Oddly enough a lot of the Series trials motors don't have steering guards and prefer to use a hunky set of Sumo bars and a little discrimination on the part of the driver.

have seen a couple of occasions where the sttering guard acts as a barb on sharper rocks.  That is the motor slides up the steering guard and the rock falls in behind it, wedging the motor and doing something unpleasent to the steering it was supposed to protect..

[dave_2A_2.25Turbo]

Oddly enough.....

I was having the same conversation with a mate of mine recently - the trouble with 'protection' is that, the more you have, the less discriminating you tend to be.  The feeling of invulnerability can cause problems that would easily have been avoided with a little more caution - my mate ended up with the steering guard on his bobtail RR wrapped round the steering bars - without the guard he'd have gone ROUND that particular rock and had no damage whatsoever.

Mounting too low can also be counter-productive - as Datalas says, it can act as a barb and hook up.  On the other hand, too high and there's no point.

TBH if I could get a set of Sumo bars for the tenner I paid for my guard, I'd have gone for those instead!

They look purdy tho!!

[stratie]

doesnt seem to protect your trackrod verywell :?

That's why it was only £25  :lol:

[Henry Webster]

Oddly enough a lot of the Series trials motors don't have steering guards and prefer to use a hunky set of Sumo bars and a little discrimination on the part of the driver.

have seen a couple of occasions where the sttering guard acts as a barb on sharper rocks.  That is the motor slides up the steering guard and the rock falls in behind it, wedging the motor and doing something unpleasent to the steering it was supposed to protect..

Afraid I agree - I think there is much more value in strengthening the rods than trying to protect them from contact.

[Neil Jones]

Here's my steering guard:



and here's how it's fitted: